Look For The Woman: A Narrative Encyclopedia of Female Poisoners...
Nash, Jay Robert. Look For The Woman: A Narrative Encyclopedia of Female Poisoners, Kidnappers, Thieves, Extortionists, Terrorists, Swindlers and Spies from Elizabethan Times to the Present. London: Harrap, [1984]. Large format (9-1/4" x 7-1/2"; 23.5 cm x 19 cm) 408 pp. Publisher's black cloth with gilt stamped spine, near fine in very good dust jacket. Offsetting to pastedowns and endpapers; split to the rear hinge, back cover loose. Otherwise internally clean. $25. * A massive, deeply researched narrative encyclopedia tracking the history of female criminality across four centuries. Nash profiles hundreds of notorious women, combining detailed case studies of poisoners, thieves, and spies with rare archival illustrations and a comprehensive bibliography.
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