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Black Widow

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Fast-paced and surprising, this story of Australia's first female serial killer is as exciting as it is thought-provoking.

'Never before in the hundred year history of Australia has a female prisoner become so notorious as Louisa Collins.' - Evening News

Two inquests, four trials, three hung juries and the executioner...but was Louisa Collins really a husband killer? Was she the callous adulteress, drunkard and liar known as the Botany Bay Murderess and the Lucrezia Borgia of Botany Bay? Or was this mother of seven a spirited and defiant woman who was punished for breaching society's expectations of womanly behaviour?

Compelling, freshly told and richly detailed, Black Widow uncovers the truth of a story that challenged the morality, the politics and the notion of law in an Australia on the edge of nationhood.


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Publisher: Allen & Unwin

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781743432273
  • File size: 1915 KB
  • Release date: May 28, 2015

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781743432273
  • File size: 1915 KB
  • Release date: May 28, 2015

PDF ebook

  • ISBN: 9781743432273
  • File size: 2453 KB
  • Release date: May 28, 2015

Formats

OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook
PDF ebook

Languages

English

Fast-paced and surprising, this story of Australia's first female serial killer is as exciting as it is thought-provoking.

'Never before in the hundred year history of Australia has a female prisoner become so notorious as Louisa Collins.' - Evening News

Two inquests, four trials, three hung juries and the executioner...but was Louisa Collins really a husband killer? Was she the callous adulteress, drunkard and liar known as the Botany Bay Murderess and the Lucrezia Borgia of Botany Bay? Or was this mother of seven a spirited and defiant woman who was punished for breaching society's expectations of womanly behaviour?

Compelling, freshly told and richly detailed, Black Widow uncovers the truth of a story that challenged the morality, the politics and the notion of law in an Australia on the edge of nationhood.


Expand title description text
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Allen & Unwin

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781743432273
    File size: 1915 KB
    Release date: May 28, 2015

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781743432273
    File size: 1915 KB
    Release date: May 28, 2015

    PDF ebook
    ISBN: 9781743432273
    File size: 2453 KB
    Release date: May 28, 2015

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  • Formats
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
    PDF ebook
  • Languages
    English