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Mary Ann Cotton: Britain's First Female Serial Killer by David Wilson (Paperback, 2013)
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This book was the inspiration for the TV drama Dark Angel which will be shown on ITV and PBS in 2016. But her own north east of England (and criminologists) apart she remains largely forgotten despite poisoning to death up to 21 victims in Britains arsenic century.
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As one of the UK's leading commentators, David Wilson shows how some serial killers stay in the headlines whilst others rapidly become invisible - or unseen . Yet Mary Ann Cotton is not just the first but perhaps the UK's most prolific female serial killer, with more victims than Myra Hindley, Rosemary West, Beverly Allit or male predators such as Jack the Ripper and Dennis Nielsen. But her own north east of England and criminologists apart, she remains largely forgotten, despite poisoning up to 21 victims in Britain's 'arsenic century'. Exploding myths that every serial killers is a 'monster', the author draws attention to Cotton's charms, allure, capability, skill and ambition - drawing parallels or contrasting the methods and lifestyles of other serial killers from Victorian to modern times. He also shows how events cannot be separated from their social context - here the industrial revolution, growing mobility, women's emancipation. And concerning the reticence of 'human nature', Like Dr Harold Shipman, Cotton was allowed to go on killing despite reasons to suspect her.The book contains other resonances to aid understanding of how serial murderers can continue to kill despite such things as coincidence, gossip, whispers or motives that become more obvious with the benefit of hindsight. It is also a detective story in which the persistence of a single individual saw Cotton tried and executed, events analysed first-hand and in detail from the records.Product Identifiers
PublisherWaterside Press
ISBN-139781904380917
eBay Product ID (ePID)139708384
Product Key Features
Number of Pages224 Pages
Publication NameMary Ann Cotton: Britain's First Female Serial Killer
LanguageEnglish
SubjectLaw, Criminology
Publication Year2013
TypeTextbook
AuthorDavid Wilson
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height234 mm
Item Weight313 g
Item Width156 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorDavid Wilson
TopicTrue Crime
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- 18 Nov, 2020
A great account
Brilliant book - a great read and well written.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 01 Feb, 2017
very interesting from start to finish.
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- 30 Nov, 2016
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