Murdering Stepmothers: The Execution of Martha Rendell by Anna Haebich

Book Description.

Secondhand. Good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Price sticker remnant on back cover. Pages have sunned. Inscribed by author. Interior and binding are still very good.

Murdering Stepmothers is based on the true story of Martha Rendell, the last woman to be hanged in Western Australia.

Sensational rumours of the murder of three small children by their stepmother ignite the passions of Perth citizens in 1909. Shocked by horrific descriptions of how she poisoned the children, they demand her execution as one voice. But did she do it? Or was she a victim of the prejudices of her persecutors?

Won - 2011 Margaret Medcalf Award