Bibliograph

The poison plot, a tale of adultery and murder in colonial Newport, Elaine Forman Crane

Type

Label

The poison plot, a tale of adultery and murder in colonial Newport, Elaine Forman Crane

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The poison plot

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1008773226

Responsibility statement

Elaine Forman Crane

Sub title

a tale of adultery and murder in colonial Newport

Summary

"Explores in colonial Newport, Rhode Island, the tumultuous marriage of Benedict and Mary Arnold in the 1720s and 1730s. In and through their sordid and possibly criminal marital story, in which Mary is accused of poisoning Benedict, Crane sheds light on the liabilities and possibilities for women under couverture, the complex social and economic networks that bound together the elite and laboring classes of Newport, and the trans-oceanic cultures of trade, consumption, and sociability that came to shape expectations for marital satisfaction on both sides of the Atlantic"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

A town on Narragansett Bay -- A case of poison -- Mary's tale -- Benedict's tale -- The physicians' tale -- The apothecary's tale -- Age -- Adultery -- Arsenic

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