Ebook: Bad companions: six London murderesses who shocked the world

This book features the cases of six London women, each very different in temperament, age and status, who resorted to murder. Their reasons were varied: in the case of the surly maid Kate Webster, sheer temper seems the likely cause; avarice seemed to spur Catherine Wilson to murder an estimated seven times; desperation to pay for the upkeep of her two-year-old son lay behind Sarah Drake's crime; seductive young Eliza Fanning was accused of serving poison with her dumplings; evil mistress Elizabeth Brownrigg whipped her servant to death in a home-built dungeon; and finally, the vicious Ca.;Cover; Title; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; One Catherine Hayes, 1726; Two Elizabeth Brownrigg, 1767; Three Eliza Fenning, 1815; Four Sarah Drake, 1850; Five Catherine Wilson, 1862; Six Kate Webster, 1879; Bibliography; Plates; Copyright.