The Poisoned Life of Mrs. Maybrick - Bernard Ryan Jr. - Books - iUniverse - 9780595000951 - March 1, 2000
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The Poisoned Life of Mrs. Maybrick

Bernard Ryan Jr.

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The Poisoned Life of Mrs. Maybrick

If you were intrigued by the purported diary of Jack the Ripper or other books that have convinced experts that the notorious murderer was a Liverpool cotton broker named James Maybrick, read this true-crime biography of Maybricks wife. In 1889, in one of the great trials of history that produced major changes in English jurisprudence, she was tried, convicted, and sentenced to be hanged for Maybricks murder. This book takes you from the shipboard meeting of the 18-year-old American girl and the 42-year-old Englishman in 1881 to her death in 1941 as a lonely derelict whose past was unknown. You get details of the reprehensible treatment of Mrs. Maybrick by her husbands family. You learn what happened when she weekended in London with Maybricks handsome associate. You watch as Maybrick succumbs to an arsenic diet. You discover why the press found her guilty before the trial, yet Englands leading barrister proved her not guilty in the public mind despite a hanging judge and jury. You learn the details of the uproar that followed, the last-minute-before-hanging commutation to imprisonment, the 15-year trans-Atlantic effort to get her released, her return to America and acclamation, and her years as "the cat woman" in a tiny cabin in rural Connecticut.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released March 1, 2000
ISBN13 9780595000951
Publishers iUniverse
Pages 316
Dimensions 146 × 20 × 222 mm   ·   512 g
Language English  

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