The female parricide: or, the history of Mary-Margaret D'Aubray, Marchioness of Brinvillier, who was beheaded and burnt at Paris, for poisoning her father, her two brothers, and attempting to kill her sister in the same manner. Wherein are contained the learned Pleadings of her Counsel at her Trial before the Parliament of Paris; and a particular Account of her Behaviour from her Sentence to her Execution. Translated from the French. With a preface by the translator, in which a parallel is drawn between the Marchioness and Miss Blandy.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trials (Murder)--Early works to 1800.

Trials (Murder).

Brinvilliers, Marie-Madeleine Gobelin, marquise de, 1630-1676--Trials, litigation, etc--Early works to 1800.

Brinvilliers, Marie-Madeleine Gobelin.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([2],vii,[1],52p. )

Other Title:

Female parricide

The female parricide

Place of Publication:

Reading : printed by C. Micklewright, and sold by J. Newbery at the Bible and Sun in St. Paul's Church-Yard [London], and by all the Booksellers and Pamphletsellers in Town and Country, MDCCLII. [1752]

Notes:

Price from imprint: price One Shilling.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

Roscoe, A188

English Short Title Catalog, T78281.

OCLC:

642696452