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Bad Companions : Six London Murderesses Who Shocked the World, Paperback / softback Book

Bad Companions : Six London Murderesses Who Shocked the World Paperback / softback

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This book features the cases of six London women, each very different in temperament, age and status, who resorted to murder.

Their reasons were varied: in the case of the surly maid Kate Webster, sheer temper seems the likely cause; avarice seemed to spur Catherine Wilson to murder an estimated seven times; desperation to pay for the upkeep of her two-year-old son lay behind Sarah Drake's crime; seductive young cook Eliza Fenning was accused of serving poison with her dumplings; evil mistress Elizabeth Brownrigg whipped her servant to death in a home-built dungeon; and finally, the vicious Catherine Hayes persuaded two lovers - one of whom was her own son - to decapitate her husband in an orgy of violence.

This fascinating study explores these cases in depth, and reveals whether these women were tragic, misunderstood or just plain wicked.

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