{"product_id":"victorian-murderesses-mary-s-hartman-9780486780474","title":"Victorian Murderesses: A True History of Thirteen Respectable French and English Women Accused of Unspeakable Crimes","description":"This riveting combination of true crime and social history examines a dozen cases from the 1800s involving thirteen French and English women charged with murder. Each incident was a\u003ci\u003e cause c l bre, \u003c\/i\u003e and this mixture of scandal and scholarship offers illuminating details of backgrounds, deeds, and trials. \u003cbr\u003eThe real delight is that historian Mary S. Hartman does more than reconstruct twelve famous trials. She has written a piece on the social history of nineteenth-century women from an illuminating perspective: their favorite murders. -- \u003ci\u003eTime Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eNoteworthy .... It has several distinctions: its expert prose style, its scholarly authority, and its perceptive analysis of the prevailing attitudes toward women's roles and domestic relations.--\u003ci\u003eCriticism\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThe author would have made a fine detective .... When she observes the women and men in extreme circumstances, she writes with the gift of a novelist and the depth of a scholar. -- \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eVividly written, meticulously researched. -- \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eLoved this book and so glad to see it's been returned to print  You can't beat the highly readable scholarly treatment of these 13 Victorian murderesses. Harman does a spectacular job of bringing these women and the carnage they created into the 20th and 21st centuries as well as giving the reader an excellent feminist critique of their reception in scholarly and popular culture. Pour yourself a cup of tea and enjoy the variety of their crimes and their drive to define themselves outside the constrictions of Victorian life. -- Under the Covers and Reading\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary S. Hartman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0486780473\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780486780474\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/18\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.73h x 5.52w x 0.69d","brand":"Mary S. Hartman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44046983889151,"sku":"9780486780474","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_814b5eb6-6be5-40a4-a5ce-8c8642c6aeeb.jpg?v=1684987615","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/victorian-murderesses-mary-s-hartman-9780486780474","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}