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A female thief, with four husbands, a lover and, reportedly, over
twelve children, is arrested and tried for the murder of her
step-son in 1872, turning the small village of West Auckland in
County Durham upside down. Other bodies are exhumed and when they
are found to contain arsenic, she is suspected of their murder as
well. The perpetrator, Mary Ann Cotton, was tried and found guilty
and later hanged on 24 March 1873 in Durham Goal. It is claimed she
murdered over twenty people and was the first female serial killer
in England. With location photographs and a blow by blow account of
the trial, this book challenges the claim that Mary Ann Cotton was
the 'The West Auckland Borgia', a title given to her at the time.
It sets out her life, trial, death and the aftermath and also
questions the legal system used to convict her by looking at
contemporary evidence from the time and offering another
explanation for the deaths. The book also covers the lives of those
left behind, including the daughter born to Mary Ann Cotton in
Durham Goal.
The most recent research in matters Arthurian, by leading scholars
in the field. The essays in this latest volume have a particularly
strong focus on English material; they include explorations of
Malory's presentation of Sir Dinadan, the connections between
ballads and popular romance, and, moving beyond themedieval period,
Thomas Love Peacock's The Misfortunes of Elphin. They are
complemented by articles on French sources [L'Atre perilleux, the
Queste del Saint Graal, and the Perlesvaus], and with an overview
of the idea of cowardice and Arthurian narrative.Contributors:
ANDREW LYNCH, P. J. C. FIELD, JOYCE COLEMAN, D. THOMAS HANKS JR,
RALUCA L. RADULESCU, MARGARET ROBSON, MARTIN CONNOLLY, NORRIS J.
LACY, FANNI BOGDANOW, TONY GRAND, ROBERT GOSSEDGE
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