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A Poisoned Life

- Florence Chandler Maybrick, the First American Woman Sentenced to Death in England

Om A Poisoned Life

Florence Maybrick was the first American woman to be sentenced to death in England--for murdering her husband, a crime she almost certainly did not commit. Her 1889 trial was presided over by an openly misogynist judge who was later declared incompetent and died in an asylum. Hours before Maybrick was to be hanged, Queen Victoria reluctantly commuted her sentence to life in prison--in her opinion a woman who would commit adultery, as Maybrick had admitted, would also kill her husband. Her children were taken from her; she never saw them again. Her mother worked for years to clear her name, enlisting the president of the United States and successive ambassadors, including Robert Todd Lincoln. Decades later, a gruesome diary was discovered that made Maybrick''s husband a prime Jack the Ripper suspect.

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  • Språk:
  • Engelska
  • ISBN:
  • 9781476670638
  • Format:
  • Häftad
  • Sidor:
  • 196
  • Utgiven:
  • 5. juni 2018
  • Mått:
  • 254x151x13 mm.
  • Vikt:
  • 256 g.
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Förväntad leverans: 24. december 2024
Förlängd ångerrätt till 31. januari 2025

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Florence Maybrick was the first American woman to be sentenced to death in England--for murdering her husband, a crime she almost certainly did not commit. Her 1889 trial was presided over by an openly misogynist judge who was later declared incompetent and died in an asylum. Hours before Maybrick was to be hanged, Queen Victoria reluctantly commuted her sentence to life in prison--in her opinion a woman who would commit adultery, as Maybrick had admitted, would also kill her husband. Her children were taken from her; she never saw them again. Her mother worked for years to clear her name, enlisting the president of the United States and successive ambassadors, including Robert Todd Lincoln. Decades later, a gruesome diary was discovered that made Maybrick''s husband a prime Jack the Ripper suspect.

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