Victorian Murderesses A True History of Thirteen Respectable French and English Women Accused of Unspeakable Crimes

The image of Victorian womanhood -- that of respectable, middle-class mother and wife -- will be shattered far all who read Mary Hartman's fascinating and often shocking account of the lives of thirteen French and English women accused of murder. Her carefully researched and vividly dramatic investigation of why these thirteen women took such direct and desperate action gives a unique view of life behind the closed curtains of Victorian drawingroom society.Hartman, Mary S. is the author of 'Victorian Murderesses A True History of Thirteen Respectable French and English Women Accused of Unspeakable Crimes', published 1995 under ISBN 9780860513438 and ISBN 0860513432.