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Regency Crime and Punishment: Poisoned Cake and Elizabeth Woolterton

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Murder by Poison!! The Trial at large of E. W. for the wilful murder of R. Sparkes, etc (1815) The 49 year old farmer’s widow, Continue →

Regency Crime and Punishment: The Murder of Mr. Weare

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Radlett in Hertfordshire would come into the spotlight in 1823 for the salacious murder of Mr. Weare. Mr. Weare was a solicitor and gambler who Continue →

Regency Villains: The Duke of Cumberland and His Valet

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  CW: Suicide, murder, assault, violence A Minute Detail of the Attempt to assassinate … the Duke of Cumberland … in a letter to W. Continue →

Diana Quincy: The Viscount Made Me Do It

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CW: death/murder Second in a series that worked great as a standalone, The Viscount Made Me Do It features a wounded soldier carrying grief from the Continue →