Nineteenth-Century Female Poisoners Three English Women Who Used Ars
Nineteenth-Century Female Poisoners investigates the Essex poisoning trials of 1846 to 1851 where three women were charged with using arsenic to kill children, their husbands and brothers. Using newspapers, archival sources (including petitions and witnes
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Nineteenth-Century Female Poisoners Three English Women Who Used Arsenic to Kill Victoria M. Nagy
© Victoria M. Nagy 2015 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2015 978-1-137-35929-2 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted her right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-47148-5 ISBN 978-1-137-35930-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137359308 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Nagy, Victoria M., 1983– Nineteenth-century female poisoners : three English women who used arsenic to kill / Victoria M. Nagy. pages cm Summary: ‘Nineteenth-Century Female Poisoners investigates the Essex poisoning trials of 1846 to 1851 where three women were charged with using arsenic to kill children, their husbands and brothers. Using newspapers, archival sources (including petitions and witness depositions), and records from parliamentary debates, the focus is not on whether the women were guilty or innocent, but rather on what English society during this period made of their trials and what stereotypes and stock-stories were used to describe women who used arsenic to kill. All three women were initially presented as “bad” women- but as the book illustrates there was no clear consensus on what exactly constituted bad womanhood’—Provided by publisher. ISBN 978-1-349-47148-5 1. Women poisoners—Great Britain—Case studies. 2. Murder—Great Britain—History—19th century. I. Title. HV6555.G7N34 2014 364.152'3092520942—dc23 2014025299 Typeset by MPS Limited, Chennai,
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