In the Interests of Science: Adelaide Bartlett and the Pimlico Poisoning - Softcover

Clarke, Kate

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1911273671 ISBN 13: 9781911273677

Publisher: Mango Books, 2019

Synopsis

The nineteenth century has provided true crime writers with some of the most fascinating murder cases in criminal history. One of the most intriguing is that of Adelaide Bartlett - it remains officially unsolved thus adding a special appeal to readers of True Crime.

On 17th April, 1886, an attractive young woman called Adelaide Bartlett walked free from the dock of the Old Bailey, cleared of the charge of murdering her husband by administering a lethal dose of liquid chloroform. After her sensational acquittal Sir James Paget, Sergeant-Surgeon to Queen Victoria at the time, was said to have remarked:

'Mrs Bartlett was no doubt quite properly acquitted, but now it is hoped that in the interests of science she will tell us how she did it!' and the comment in The Times was that 'Whether on the theory of guilt or innocence, the whole story is marvellous'.

This book gives full coverage of this extraordinary case and suggests a possible identity of Adelaide's un-named biological father, a man of wealth and prestige in Victorian England.

About this title

About the Author:

KATE CLARKE, diarist and crime-writer: after completing a four year course at Somerset College of Art and a Post Graduate degree at Birmingham University she worked as a teacher in London schools for twenty-one years. After moving to Hay-on-Wye she worked at various jobs whilst continuing to write a number of books, mainly on 18th and 19th century crime.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mango Books
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1911273671
• ISBN 13: 9781911273677
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 262