10, 1731, in his appendix (“Preliminary List of Executions before 1866”) to Legal Executions in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia: A Comprehensive Registry, 1866–1962 (Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, ...
The surprise of The Poison Plot, however, is not the outrageous acts of Mary or the peculiar fact that attempted murder was not a convictable offense in Rhode Island.
In and through their sordid and possibly criminal marital story, in which Mary is accused of poisoning Benedict, Crane sheds light on the liabilities and possibilities for women under couverture, the complex social and economic networks ...
The Poison Plot
The Poison Plot
The second adventure in the Sword Girl series featuring the feisty Tommy.