Thou Savage Woman: Female Killers In Early Modern Britain Blessin Adams William Collins Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

\ Popular History At Its Best\ Spectator Boisterous… Replete With Stabbings Bashing And Thumping\ Daily Mail A Cocktail Of Brutal Tragic Fascinating True Crime From The Era Tudors Stuarts This Dark Best Narrated Empathy Precision\ Gareth Russell Lady Killers Femme Fatales – Stories Murder Most Foul Have Gripped Public Imagination For Centuries Early Modern Britain Was Awash Pamphlets Ballads Woodcuts Broadcasting Bloodthirsty Tales Traitorous Wives Greedy Mistresses Cunning Female Poisoning Lacing Supper Deadly Substances Child Spiteful Witches Women Wholly Unnaturally Wicked These Were Printed Or Sung Tacked Walls Alehouses Sold In Streets Pennies Read Voraciously To Thrill All But Why? When Vast Majority Murders Then (And Now) Are Committed By Men Bold Page-Turning New Former Police Officer Historian Blessin Adams Tells Whose Violent Crimes Shattered Narrow Confines Their Gender Notoriety Revealed Society That Once Repulsed Attracted Murderous Rebellion Based On Detailed Research Court Archives Each Chapter Explores Thrilled Terrified British Caused Concern Provoked Debate Period Killed Rarely They Did It Usually Within Context Extreme Provocation Domestic Violence Has Ability Novelists Recreating Setting Which Case Occurred As Well Motivations Perpetrator Thou Savage Woman Reminds Us Past Had Voices Sought Control Bodies Environments Also Capacity Committing Acts Unspeakable Σελίδες: 304 Διαστάσεις: 14 1X14 1Cm