
MysteryHistorical
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"In the summer of 1889, young Southern belle Florence Maybrick stood trial for the alleged arsenic poisoning of her much older husband, Liverpool cotton merchant James Maybrick. The "Maybrick Mystery" had all the makings of a sensation: a pretty, flirtatious young girl; resentful, gossiping servants; rumors of gambling and debt; and torrid mutual infidelity. The case cracked the varnish of Victorian respectability, shocking and exciting the public in equal measure as they clambered to read the latest revelations of Florence's past and glimpse her likeness in Madame Tussaud's. Florence's fate…
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7 editions- Other · English · 2015Abrams, Inc. · 432 pages · 9781468311198
- Other · English · 2015Abacus · 9780349138565
- Other · English · 2014419 pages · 9781468309348
- Other · English · 2014Little, Brown Book Group Limited · 432 pages · 9781405512473
- Other · English · 2014Little, Brown Book Group · 9781408703908
- Other · English · 2014Little, Brown Book Group Limited · 9781408703915
PoisoningMurderCase studiesTRUE CRIME / Murder / GeneralTRUE CRIME / GeneralHISTORY / Europe / Great BritainMurder, great britainTrials (murder), great britain
