Black Widow: The True Story of Australia's First Female Serial Killer by Carol Baxter

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good to near fine condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Interior and binding are still excellent.

Two inquests, four trials, three hung juries and the executioner...but was Louisa Collins really a husband killer? Was she the callous adulteress, drunkard and liar known as the Botany Bay Murderess and the Lucrezia Borgia of Botany Bay? Or was this mother of seven a spirited and defiant woman who was punished for breaching society's expectations of womanly behaviour?

Compelling, freshly told, and richly detailed, Black Widow uncovers the truth of a story that challenged morality, politics, and the notion of law in an Australia on the edge of nationhood. (back cover)