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Black Widow : the true story of Australia's first female serial killer

Title: Black Widow : the true story of Australia's first female serial killer / Carol Baxter.
Author: Baxter, Carol (Carol J.)
Publication: Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2015.

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Description

366 pages; 24 cm

Summary

Fast-paced and surprising, this story of Australia's first female serial killer is as exciting as it is thought-provoking.
She was known as 'The Botany Murderess' or 'Lucretia Borgia of Botany Bay'. Found guilty of using arsenic to murder both her first and second husbands, Louisa Collins' case immediately became the cause celebre of Australia. The thought of a woman murdering her husband was bad enough, but doing it twice ... Collins was brought to trial three times, only for each of the hung juries to be dismissed. Eventually she was found guilty and sentenced to death at her fourth trial in 1888, the result provoking community outrage and claims of an official vendetta. Louisa Collins was executed in 1889 ... This is a rich and detailed story told in the way only Carol Baxter can, bringing to life so many of the human aspects of our colonial history ...

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Call Number

JFE 16-8103

ISBN

LCCN

2015513797

OCLC

904958626

Author

Baxter, Carol (Carol J.)

Title

Black Widow : the true story of Australia's first female serial killer / Carol Baxter.

Publisher

Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2015.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-358) and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 16-8103