The Devil's Gentleman: Manhattan's Bon Vivant Poisoner and the Trial That Ushered in the Twentieth Century [Lingua Inglese] - Rilegato

Schechter, Harold

 
9780345476791: The Devil's Gentleman: Manhattan's Bon Vivant Poisoner and the Trial That Ushered in the Twentieth Century [Lingua Inglese]

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A compelling account of scandal, sex, jealousy, and murder in Gilded Age New York high society profiles the debonair Roland Molineux, the scion of a powerful American family, one of New York's most eligible bachelors, and possible killer who used poison to eliminate romantic and sports rivals. 35,000 first printing.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Harold Schechter is a professor of American literature and culture at Queens College, the City University of New York. He is widely celebrated for both fiction and true-crime writing, including The Serial Killer Files. He lives in Brooklyn and Mattituck, Long Island, with his wife, the poet Kimiko Hahn. Visit the author s website at www.haroldschechter.com.

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9780345476807: The Devil's Gentleman: Privilege, Poison, and the Trial That Ushered in the Twentieth Century

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ISBN 10:  0345476808 ISBN 13:  9780345476807
Casa editrice: Random House Publishing Group, 2008
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