Skip to main content alibris logo

The Poisoner: The Life and Crimes of Victorian England's Most Notorious Doctor

by

Write The First Customer Review
The Poisoner: The Life and Crimes of Victorian England's Most Notorious Doctor - Bates, Stephen
Filter Results
Item Condition
Seller Rating
Other Options
Change Currency

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

loading
The Poisoner: The Life and Crimes of Victorian England's Most Notorious Doctor 2015, Harry N. Abrams

ISBN-13: 9781468310146

Trade paperback

The Poisoner: The Life and Crimes of Victorian England's Most Notorious Doctor 2014, Harry N. Abrams

ISBN-13: 9781468309119

Hardcover

The Poisoner: The Life and Crimes of Victorian England's Most Notorious Doctor 2014, Overlook Press, New York

ISBN-13: 9780715647509

Hardcover

The Poisoner: The Life and Crimes of Victorian England's Most Notorious Doctor 2014, Overlook Press, New York

ISBN-13: 9780715648223

Paperback