Description
| Product ID: | 9781786489142 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Killer Women |
| Subtitle: | Chilling, Dark and Gripping True Crime Stories of Women Who Kill |
| Authors: | Author: Nigel Cawthorne |
| Page Count: | 240 |
| Subjects: | True crime, True crime, Gender studies: women and girls, Criminal or forensic psychology, Gender studies: women, Criminal or forensic psychology |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The inside story of the 50 most evil female murderers in world history The Disturbing Inside Story of Women Who Are Driven to Kill. From Elizabeth Bathory, ''The Bloody Countess'' whose vampire-like tendencies terrorized sixteenth-century Hungary, to the Moors Murderer Myra Hindley and the Florida Highway Killer Aileen Wuornos, these women transfix us with their extreme ability to commit savage acts of cruelty and depravity. In some cases their methods of disposing of the corpses fall nothing short of ingenious: meet Leonarda Cianciulli, ''The Soap-Maker of Correggio'', who used the fat from her victims'' bodies to make soap and teacakes to sell to unsuspecting customers. These killers'' backgrounds, methods and their crimes are described in forensic and gripping detail. Killer Women collects the most disturbing yet compelling of all criminals, representing the very darkest side of humanity and subverting the conventional view of women as the weaker sex. 50 terrifying cases of killer women are brought to life, including:
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| Imprint Name: | Quercus Publishing |
| Publisher Name: | Quercus Publishing |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-09-20 |
