The Arsenic Widow: A Biography of Mary Ann Cotton's Life, Lies, and Legacy - Paperback

by John M. Woodward (Author)

The Untold Story of Britain's Most Lethal Woman, Revealed at Last

The Arsenic Widow: A Biography of Mary Ann Cotton's Life, Lies, and Legacy plunges readers into the haunting world of a seemingly ordinary Victorian woman whose quiet smile masked an empire of death. With the narrative depth and grit of a true Robert Caro-style investigation, this book unravels the chilling rise of Mary Ann Cotton, mother, wife, widow...and one of history's most prolific female killers.

From the coal-stained villages of County Durham to the echoing halls of the Durham Assizes, every page exposes the shadows she walked through and the twenty-one lives she left behind. More than a biography, this is a journey into fear, fascination, and the unsettling truth of how evil can hide in plain sight.