The killing of Louisa / Janet Lee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lee, Janet, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Murderers--Fiction.

Murderers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 pages)

Place of Publication:

St Lucia, Queensland : University of Queensland Press, [2018]

Summary:

Louisa Collins was hung in New South Wales in 1889. She was tried four times for the alleged murders of her two husbands. In three of those trials the juries could not agree that she was guilty. At her fourth trial the testimony of Louisa's young daughter, May, contributed to Louisa's conviction. Intimately reimagined from Louisa's perspective, with a story that just might fit the historical facts, this clever and compelling novel visits Louisa in her prison cell as she reflects on her life and the death and loss that have dictated her fate. Will she confess? Or was an innocent woman brutally hanged?

Contents:

Cover

Author biography

Title page

Imprint page

Dedication

Legislative Assembly - 19 December 1888

Prologue

Prisoner's Letters - Passed by Permission

1.

Brevities

2.

Latest Special Telegrams

3.

Intercolonial

4.

News of the Day

Central Criminal Court

5.

The Botany Murder Case - Extracts from the Murderess's Letters

The Botany Poisoning Cases

6.

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12.

The Botany Murder Case - Life and History of Louisa Collins

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The Botany Murder Case - Extracts from the Murderess's Letters 2

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The Botany Murder Case - Marriage Certificate

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21.

Case of Louisa Collins

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The Botany Murderess

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Legislative Assembly

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In the House

42.

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Law Report

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Epilogue

Behind the Bars

Author's Note

Acknowledgements

Notes.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7022-6160-2

OCLC:

1048403018