Author: Ruddick, James,
Title: Death at the Priory: love, sex, and murder in Victorian England.
Description: NY, Grove Press, (2001). 1st ptg thus. G PB. In 1875 the beautiful widow Florence married a handsome and successful young attorney. One night he suddenly collapsed and. three days later died an agonizing death. His doctors determined he had been poisoned but no murderer could be determined. An intimate portrait of Victorian culture and one woman's struggle to live in this repressive society and at the same time unmask the true killer. "The granddaddy of all murder mysteries." Corner creases.

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