Sweet Adelaide
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, with some minor edge wear and light creasing; price clipped. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Intact. No stickers or library stamps visible.
Sweet Adelaide is a masterfully crafted crime novel that reimagines the infamous Victorian-era Adelaide Bartlett murder case of 1886, one of England's most sensational true-crime mysteries. Julian Symons presents the story through the eyes of Adelaide herself, a complex and enigmatic woman accused of poisoning her husband with liquid chloroform — a charge that gripped the nation and baffled prosecutors. Written with meticulous historical authenticity and psychological depth, the narrative uncovers the private torments, social constraints, and secret passions that shaped the life of this remarkable woman. Symons, widely regarded as one of the great chroniclers of crime fiction, crafts a portrait that is both a gripping courtroom drama and a nuanced study of a woman trapped by the rigid conventions of Victorian society. The result is a novel that is at once a compelling whodunit and a brilliant piece of historical reconstruction.
Author: Julian Symons
Format: Hardback
Published: 1980, Harper and Row Publishers, New York
Genre: Crime fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, with some minor edge wear and light creasing; price clipped. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Intact. No stickers or library stamps visible.
Sweet Adelaide is a masterfully crafted crime novel that reimagines the infamous Victorian-era Adelaide Bartlett murder case of 1886, one of England's most sensational true-crime mysteries. Julian Symons presents the story through the eyes of Adelaide herself, a complex and enigmatic woman accused of poisoning her husband with liquid chloroform — a charge that gripped the nation and baffled prosecutors. Written with meticulous historical authenticity and psychological depth, the narrative uncovers the private torments, social constraints, and secret passions that shaped the life of this remarkable woman. Symons, widely regarded as one of the great chroniclers of crime fiction, crafts a portrait that is both a gripping courtroom drama and a nuanced study of a woman trapped by the rigid conventions of Victorian society. The result is a novel that is at once a compelling whodunit and a brilliant piece of historical reconstruction.