Deadlier Than The Male
Deadlier Than The Male
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• Beautiful Jean Livingston, who bravely faced The Maiden after murdering her abusive husband. • Child killers Helen Torrence and Jean Waldie, who sold their victim to anatomists. • These cases, together with a host of others, prove that women are far from the gentler sex.
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Deadlier Than The Male by Douglas Skelton
Most killers are men. But never turn your back on a woman. Murder, madness and maliciousness abound in this hangman's dozen of she-devils. Culled from over five hundred years of bloody history by crime writer and journalist Douglas Skelton, these pages uncover the mad, the bad and the dangerous to know. • Vengeful Queen Joan, who made her husband's assassins pay a fearful price for their treason. • Beautiful Jean Livingston, who bravely faced The Maiden after murdering her abusive husband. • Child killers Helen Torrence and Jean Waldie, who sold their victim to anatomists. • Baby farmer Jessie King, who dealt in flsh... and death. • These cases, together with a host of others, prove that women are far from the gentler sex. Most killers are men. But women are more deadly.
DOUGLAS SKELTON is the author of five previous books, including Blood on the Thistle: A Casebook of 20th Century Scottish Murder - which was later adapted for the stage by Glasgow's Citizens' Theatre - and (with Lisa Brownlie) Frightener: The Glasgow Ice Cream Wars. He has written extensively on crime for Scottish newspapers and has appeared in a number of television documentaries. He currently edits a weekly newspaper in Ayrshire.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781902927688 |
| ISBN 10 | 1902927680 |
| Title | Deadlier Than The Male |
| Author | Douglas Skelton |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Bonnier Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2003-06-23 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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