The Strange Affair of Madeleine Smith
The Strange Affair of Madeleine Smith

Author: Douglas MacGowan

Publisher: Birlinn Ltd

Published: 2021-09-01

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 0857902725

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Discover the true story of Victorian Scotland's trial of the century. It was a case that rocked Victorian society. Emile L'Angelier was a working-class immigrant from the Channel Islands who began a clandestine affair with prominent Glasgow socialite Madeleine Smith. Six weeks after Emile threatened to show Madeleine's father their passionate letters, on 23 March 1857, he was found dead from arsenic poisoning. The evidence against Madeleine seemed overwhelming as she went to trial for murdering her lover. Douglas MacGowan's vivid account reads by turns like a thriller, a love story and a courtroom drama. He quotes extensively from contemporary sources, notably the pathology reports, the trial testimony and the infamous correspondence between Madeleine and Emile, whose explicit content so shocked Victorian sensibilities. Ultimately it is up to the reader to judge Madeleine's guilt or innocence.

Murder in Victorian Scotland
Murder in Victorian Scotland

Author: Douglas MacGowan

Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13:

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Examinining the life and 1857 trial of Madeleine Smith accused of poisoning an undesired suitor, this book uses analyses of her correspondence with the victim. Her trial testimony reveals much about Victorian society, Scottish law and the woman.

A Scottish Murder
A Scottish Murder

Author: Jimmy Powdrell Campbell

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780752440088

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Madeleine Smith's murder trial was made famous by the shocking nature of her letters to the lover she was supposed to have poisoned. She has always been thought guilty of the crime, dispite the lack of enough evidence to convict her, but now, 150 years later, Campbells foresic discoveries turns the case on it's head.

The Case of Madeleine Smith
The Case of Madeleine Smith

Author: Rick Geary

Publisher: Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13:

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A scandalous secret affair in 19th Scotland between an upper class woman and a gentleman of lower standing ends in his murder by poison...

Murder and Morality in Victorian Britain
Murder and Morality in Victorian Britain

Author: Eleanor Gordon

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2010-03-15

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9780719077685

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This book explores the life of Madeleine Smith, who in 1857 was tried for poisoning her secret lover. As well as charting the course of this illicit relationship and Madeleine’s subsequent trial, the authors draw on a wide range of sources to pursue themes such as the nature of gender relations and the extent of women’s social and commercial activities, and to bring vividly to life the world of the mid-Victorian middle class.The book contains new discoveries about Madeleine’s long and colorful life after the trial which confirm the view that it is only in fiction that the bad end unhappily. The book will be of interest to academic social historians, but the fascination of its subject matter and the way in which much rich material is used to evoke a vivid sense of time and place, will also promote a wider interest among a more general readership.

The Lifted Veil
The Lifted Veil

Author: George Eliot

Publisher: Xist Publishing

Published: 2015-03-26

Total Pages: 46

ISBN-13: 1623958318

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The Lifted Veil by George Eliot is a gothic novella in the vein of other Victorian horror stories like Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Bram Stoker's Dracula. In The Lifted Veil, the unreliable narrator, Latimer, believes that he is cursed with an otherworldly ability to see into the future and the thoughts of other people. This leads to tragedy as his obsession with his brother's fiancee. This Xist Classics edition has been professionally formatted for e-readers with a linked table of contents. This eBook also contains a bonus book club leadership guide and discussion questions. We hope you’ll share this book with your friends, neighbors and colleagues and can’t wait to hear what you have to say about it. Xist Publishing is a digital-first publisher. Xist Publishing creates books for the touchscreen generation and is dedicated to helping everyone develop a lifetime love of reading, no matter what form it takes

Trial of Dr. Pritchard
Trial of Dr. Pritchard

Author: Edward William Pritchard

Publisher: Canada Law Book

Published: 1906

Total Pages: 382

ISBN-13:

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Dr. Pritchard was tried in Glasgow, 1865, for the murder of his wife and mother-in-law, Mrs. Michnel Taylor.

Victorian Murderesses
Victorian Murderesses

Author: Mary S. Hartman

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2014-06-18

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 0486780473

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Riveting combination of true crime and social history examines a dozen famous cases, offering illuminating details of the accused women's backgrounds, deeds, and trials. "Vividly written, meticulously researched." — Choice.