Lady killers : deadly women throughout history / Tori Telfer ; illustrations throughout by Dame Darcy.
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TextPublisher: New York : Harper Perennial, [2017]Edition: First editionDescription: xvi, 316, 15 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780062433732
- 0062433733
| Item type | Current library | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Iola Public Library Adult Non-Fiction | Iola Public Library | Adult Books | 364.152 Telfer, Tori (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34311002689256 |
Includes reader's extras.
Includes bibliographical references (secondary pages 14-15).
The elusive population -- The blood countess: Erzsébet Báthory -- The giggling grandma: Nannie Doss -- The worst woman on earth: Lizzie Halliday -- Devil in the shape of a saint: Elizabeth Ridgeway -- Vipers: Raya and Sakina -- The wretched woman: Mary Ann Cotton -- The tormentor: Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova -- Iceberg Anna: Anna Marie Hahn -- The nightingale: Oum-El-Hassen -- High priestess of the Bluebeard clique: Tillie Klimek -- Sorceress of Kilkenny: Alice Kyteler -- Beautiful throat cutter: Kate Bender -- The angel makers of Nagyrév -- Queen of poisoners: Marie-Madeleine, the Marquise de Brinvilliers.
"In 1998, an FBI profiler infamously declared in a homicide conference, 'There are no female serial killers'--but [this book] offers fourteen creepy examples to the contrary"--Back cover.
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