Bibliograph

Lady killers, deadly women throughout history, Tori Telfer ; illustrations throughout by Dame Darcy

Type

Label

Lady killers, deadly women throughout history, Tori Telfer ; illustrations throughout by Dame Darcy

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (secondary pages 14-15)

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Lady killers

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1002903879

Responsibility statement

Tori Telfer ; illustrations throughout by Dame Darcy

Sub title

deadly women throughout history

Summary

"In 1998, an FBI profiler infamously declared in a homicide conference, 'There are no female serial killers'--but [this book] offers fourteen creepy examples to the contrary"--Back cover

Table Of Contents

The elusive population -- The blood countess: Erzsébet Báthory -- The giggling grandma: Nannie Doss -- The worst woman on earth: Lizzie Halliday -- Devil in the shape of a saint: Elizabeth Ridgeway -- Vipers: Raya and Sakina -- The wretched woman: Mary Ann Cotton -- The tormentor: Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova -- Iceberg Anna: Anna Marie Hahn -- The nightingale: Oum-El-Hassen -- High priestess of the Bluebeard clique: Tillie Klimek -- Sorceress of Kilkenny: Alice Kyteler -- Beautiful throat cutter: Kate Bender -- The angel makers of Nagyrév -- Queen of poisoners: Marie-Madeleine, the Marquise de Brinvilliers

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