Victorian Murderesses Author:Mary S Hartman Out of the shadows of the 19th century come the true stories of 13 notorious ladies with murder on their minds. Among them are: Marie Lafarge-Disappointed by the marriage her family had arranged for her, did this strong-willed Frenchwoman fed her new husband large doses of arsenic? Constance Kent-Did violent hated for her stepmother impel th... more »is confused lady to murder her half-brother while he slept peacefully in his bed? Claire Reymond-She shot her husband's mistress. Then, when confronted by her spouse in a Paris police station, she cried: "Wretch! I did it for you!" Some of these wonem were cool and calculating...others were passionate and impetuous...several put their lethal pasts behind them and lived long, happy lives. All are at dead center of stories as sensational and as gripping as they are true.« less