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[Harold Schechter] ↠ The Devil's Gentleman: Privilege, Poison, and the Trial That Ushered in the Twentieth Century ✓ Read Online eBook or Kindle ePUB. The Devil's Gentleman: Privilege, Poison, and the Trial That Ushered in the Twentieth Century Social, cultural and legal history Judith Kelsey-Powell, Kindle Customer It's always a challenge to immerse ourselves in another era, to imagine dangers of everyday living we have long since eradicated, to think of an adult unmarried woman living alone as a scandal, even to realize a very long trial could be undertaken with no alternate jurors in reserve. This is the account of a notorious case at the first flowering of the yellow journalism that helped define the era, and provides a revelatory
| Title | : | The Devil's Gentleman: Privilege, Poison, and the Trial That Ushered in the Twentieth Century |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.82 (824 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0345476808 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 512 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-07 |
| Language | : | English |
The result is a riveting tale of murder, seduction and tabloid journalism run rampant in a New York not so different from today's. The ensuing investigation and sensational trial became one of the costliest in New York State history. . Schechter expertly weaves a rich historical tapestry—exploring everything from the birth of yellow journalism to the history of poison as a murder weapon—without sacrificing a novelistic sense of character, pacing and suspense. But when one of Molineux's romantic competitors, Henry Barnet, died, Cornish was poisoned (he survived) and his landlady died, Roland topped the list of suspects. Roland Molineux, a socially ambitious chemist,was a proud member of the
Molineux’s subsequent indictment for murder led to two explosive trials and a sex-infused scandal that shocked the nation. For scandal sweet tooths, this one’s a beaut.”–Entertainment Weekly“In the hands of an artist and historian as gifted as Schechter, the material becomes a superbly evocative reconstruction of the fascinating period in American life that gave birth to our media-crazed society.”–Bomb magazine“Well told and powerfully written Through newspaper accounts of the day and memoirs of the principals Schechter brings a crime to vivid life.”–San Antonio Express-News. Bringing to life Manhattan’s Gilded Age, Schechter captures all the colors of the tumultuous legal proceedings, gathering his own evidence and tackling subjects no one dared address at the time–all in hopes of answering a tantalizing question: What powerfully dark motives could drive the wealthy scion of an eminent New York family to murder?
Social, cultural and legal history Judith Kelsey-Powell, Kindle Customer It's always a challenge to immerse ourselves in another era, to imagine dangers of everyday living we have long since eradicated, to think of an adult unmarried woman living alone as a scandal, even to realize a very long trial could be undertaken with no alternate jurors in reserve. This is the account of a notorious case at the first flowering of the yellow journalism that helped define the era, and provides a revelatory window into how our modern media . jami"Too much" according to jami27. Good book, good story, but the author likes the "sound of their own voice too much" Was Too much Good book, good story, but the author likes the "sound of their own voice too much" Was 3 times longer than necessary and was off-putting that the writer wrote in the same manner they would have spoken in this era, which got obnoxious.. times longer than necessary and was off-putting that the writer wrote in the same manner they would have spoken in this era, which got obnoxious.. 7 said Too much. Good book, good story, but the author likes the "sound of their own voice too much" Was Too much Good book, good story, but the author likes the "sound of their own voice too much" Was 3 times longer than necessary and was off-putting that the writer wrote in the same manner they would have spoken in this era, which got obnoxious.. times longer than necessary and was off-putting that the writer wrote in the same manner they would have spoken in this era, which got obnoxious.. Schechter is the best writer of Historical true Crime Harold Schechter is the most talented writer of History that happens to include an in depth description of an infamous crime of the particular time period. The places, people, both perpertrators and victims come back to life on every pagebut of course the victims soon die, but we understand. Schector seats us center stage where we begin to see, hear, breathe, taste, and feel ourselves living or dying in a distant time in late nineteenth century America. Ha
He lives in Brooklyn and Mattituck, Long Island, with his wife, the poet Kimiko Hahn. Harold Schechter is a professor of American literature and culture at Queens College, the City University of New York. Visit the author’s website at haroldschechter.From the Hardcover edition.. He is wid
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