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The Poison Plot : A Tale of Adultery and Murder in Colonial Newport /

"Explores in colonial Newport, Rhode Island, the tumultuous marriage of Benedict and Mary Arnold in the 1720s and 1730s. In and through their sordid and possibly criminal marital story, in which Mary is accused of poisoning Benedict, Crane sheds light on the liabilities and possibilities for wo...

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Autor principal: Crane, Elaine Forman
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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