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The poisoner
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- Book Synopsis
- The greatest villain who ever stood trial at the Old Bailey, as Charles Dickens described him William Palmer was convicted in 1856 of murdering his best friend, but was suspected of poisoning more than a dozen other people, including his wife and children. He was a new kind of murderer respectable, middle class, and consequently more terrifying, Britain s most infamous figure until Jack the Ripper. The Poisoner takes the reader into the very psyche of a killer
- About The Author
- Stephen Bates is a journalist whose career has included spells at the BBC, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail and, for the last 22 years, the Guardian, during which time he has reported from more than 40 countries. He is the author of God s Own Country, Religion and Politics in the USA and A Church at War, Anglicans and Homosexuality. He lives in Kent.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780715649572
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Duckworth Overlook, (26 March 2015)
- Number of Pages
- 342
- Weight
- 331 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 197 x 129 x 45 mm
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