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Offers, for the first time, a book-length study of an infamous cause célèbre in seventeenth-century Rome, how it resonated then and has continued to resonate: the 1659 investigation and prosecution of Gironima Spana and dozens of Roman widows, who shared a particularly effective poison to murder their husbands.

The Black Widows of the Eternal City

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A Hardback by Craig A. Monson

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    Publisher: The University of Michigan Press
    Publication Date: 30/09/2020
    ISBN13: 9780472132041, 978-0472132041
    ISBN10: 0472132040
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Offers, for the first time, a book-length study of an infamous cause célèbre in seventeenth-century Rome, how it resonated then and has continued to resonate: the 1659 investigation and prosecution of Gironima Spana and dozens of Roman widows, who shared a particularly effective poison to murder their husbands.

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