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The Devil's Gentleman: Privilege, Poison, and the Trial That Ushered in the Twentieth Century

av Harold Schechter

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True Crime. Nonfiction. The wayward son of a revered Civil War general, Roland Molineux enjoyed good looks, status, and fortune-hardly the qualities of a prime suspect in a series of shocking, merciless cyanide killings. Molineux's subsequent indictment for murder led to two explosive trials and a sex-infused scandal that shocked the nation. Bringing to life Manhattan's Gilded Age, Schechter captures all the colors of the tumultuous legal proceedings, gathering his own evidence and tackling subjects no one dared address at the time-all in hopes of answering a tantalizing question: What powerfully dark motives could drive the wealthy scion of an eminent New York family to murder?… (mer)

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This is an enjoyable read. Will I remember it in a month? Probably not. But it was still good enough that I tore through it in less than 24 hours. It held my interest and had me unsure as to what would come next -- excellent traits in a crime tale. (

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SwitchKnitter | Dec 19, 2021 |

Comprehensive and well-researched. This story was perfectly readable, but I found it lost quite a bit of intrigue early on. Pretty much as soon as the murders were committed the suspense seemed to dissipate completely. (

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klnbennett | Oct 7, 2020 |

A little slow, but beautifully written, fascinating story. (

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TiffanyHow | Oct 3, 2017 |

Did not like this book as much as I did his other true crime books but still a good read nonetheless.

Did not realize that those yellow papers as they call it came from that time period and also did not know there was so much crime even back then.

There were so many interesting tidbits about crimes committed back in the days like the murderess Ruth Snyder and the famous photo of her in the electric chair.

The photo apparently was for 30 years the most infamous picture in the history of tabloid journalism.

A very interesting story about a man Roland Molineux and about his trial. Some of the things that were decided during this trial (or in the appeal) are still being used today.

a criminal case should be tried on the facts and not on the basis of a defendant's propensity to commit the crime charged. It is axiomatic that propensity evidence invites a jury to misfocus, if not base its verdict, on a defendant's prior crimes rather than on the evidence (or lack of evidence) relating to the case before it. We have repeated this theme throughout the last century

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It was a definite page turner but the ending was a bit of a letdown. (

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Författarens namn	Roll	Typ av författare	Verk?	Status
Harold Schechter	—	primär författare	alla utgåvor	beräknat
Becker, Royce B.	Omslagsformgivare	medförfattare	vissa utgåvor	bekräftat
Daboll, Susan	Omslag	medförfattare	vissa utgåvor	bekräftat
Turner, Susan	Formgivare	medförfattare	vissa utgåvor	bekräftat

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2007 (copyright)

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Edward Leslie Molineux

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Blanche Molineux Scott, nee Chesebrough

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At the start of the twentieth century, death by electricity was a relatively recent form of capital punishment. (Prologue)

On July 15, 1852, Edward Leslie Molineux--still three month shy of his nineteenth birthday--began what he called his "scrapbook." (Chapter 1)

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True Crime. Nonfiction. The wayward son of a revered Civil War general, Roland Molineux enjoyed good looks, status, and fortune-hardly the qualities of a prime suspect in a series of shocking, merciless cyanide killings. Molineux's subsequent indictment for murder led to two explosive trials and a sex-infused scandal that shocked the nation. Bringing to life Manhattan's Gilded Age, Schechter captures all the colors of the tumultuous legal proceedings, gathering his own evidence and tackling subjects no one dared address at the time-all in hopes of answering a tantalizing question: What powerfully dark motives could drive the wealthy scion of an eminent New York family to murder?

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