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| Titre : | The Devil's Gentleman: Privilege, Poison, and the Trial That Ushered in the Twentieth Century |
| Auteurs : | Harold Schechter |
| Type de document : | document électronique |
| Editeur : | [S.l.] : Ballantine Books, 2007 |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 345476808 |
| Résumé : |
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. True-crime historian Schechter (co-author, The A-Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers) delivers a thrilling account of a murder case that rocked Manhattan at the turn of the 20th century. Roland Molineux, a socially ambitious chemist,was a proud member of the Knickerbocker Athletic Club, where he was considered a talented but snooty sportsman, repeatedly instigating spats with the club's athletic director, Harry Cornish. Pursuing women with the same determination he brought to sports, Roland doggedly wooed Blanche Chesebrough, an equally ambitious young woman with operatic aspirations. But when one of Molineux's romantic competitors, Henry Barnet, died, Cornish was poisoned (he survived) and his landlady died, Roland topped the list of suspects. The ensuing investigation and sensational trial became one of the costliest in New York State history. Schechter expertly weaves a rich historical tapestryÔÇöexploring everything from the birth of yellow journalism to the history of poison as a murder weaponÔÇöwithout sacrificing a novelistic sense of character, pacing and suspense. The result is a riveting tale of murder, seduction and tabloid journalism run rampant in a New York not so different from today's. B&w photos. (Oct) ReviewAdvance praise for The DevilÔÇÖs Gentleman ÔÇ£A thrilling account of a murder case that rocked Manhattan at the turn of the 20th century . . . Schechter expertly weaves a rich historical tapestryÔÇôexploring everything from the birth of ÔÇÿyellowÔÇÖ journalism to the history of poison as a murder weaponÔÇôwithout sacrificing a novelistic sense of character, pacing and suspense. The result is a riveting tale of murder, seduction and tabloid journalism run rampant in a New York not so different from todayÔÇÖs.ÔÇØ Praise for the true-crime books of Harold Schechter ÔÇ£The scholarship is both genuine and fascinating.ÔÇØ ÔÇ£Top-drawer true-crime.ÔÇØ ÔÇ£Reads like fiction but itÔÇÖs chillingly real.ÔÇØ ÔÇ£Riveting . . . brilliantly detailed . . . Schechter has done his usual sterling job in resurrecting this amazing tale.ÔÇØ From the Hardcover edition. |
