The Devil's Gentleman

Name: The Devil's Gentleman: Privilege, Poison, and the Trial That Ushered in the Twentieth Century
ISBN: 9780345476791

Privilege, Poison, and the Trial That Ushered in the Twentieth Century

Harold Schechter

2007·494 pages·Nonfiction

Crime Historical Fiction

gritty true crime

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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