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Poison romance and poison mysteries / by C.J.S. Thompson.

The death mask of William Palmer, the poisoner. Lithograph after M. Krantz, c. 1860.

Mary (Molly) Blandy, before her execution for poisoning her father. Etching, 1752.

Smethurst's luck : the story of Dr Thomas Smethurst, "The Richmond poisoner" / by Peter Maggs.

The genuine tryal at large of Mary Blandy, spinster, for poisoning her late father Francis Blandy : at the Assizes held at Oxford, for the county of Oxford, on Tuesday the third of March, 1752.

Poison mysteries in history, romance and crime / by C. J. S. Thompson.

Marie-Madeleine d'Aubray, marquise de Brinvilliers. Lithograph by F.S. Delpech after C. Le Brun, ca. 1820.

Mysteries of history : with accounts of some remarkable characters and charlatans / by C.J.S. Thompson.

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Smethurst's luck : the story of Dr Thomas Smethurst, "The Richmond poisoner" / by Peter Maggs.

The genuine tryal at large of Mary Blandy, spinster, for poisoning her late father Francis Blandy : at the Assizes held at Oxford, for the county of Oxford, on Tuesday the third of March, 1752.

Poison mysteries in history, romance and crime / by C. J. S. Thompson.

Marie-Madeleine d'Aubray, marquise de Brinvilliers. Lithograph by F.S. Delpech after C. Le Brun, ca. 1820.

Mysteries of history : with accounts of some remarkable characters and charlatans / by C.J.S. Thompson.