Trials of Passion
Crimes in the Name of Love and Madness
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- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
22 March 2016
Summary
This book journeys into the heart of dark passions and the crimes they impel. When passion is in the picture, what is criminal, what sane, what mad or simply bad?
Brighton, 1870: A well-respected spinster infuses chocolate creams with strychnine in order to murder her lover’s wife.Paris, 1880: A popular performer stalks her betraying lover through the streets of the city for weeks and finally takes aim.New York, 1906: A millionaire shoots dead a promin…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844088751 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1844088758 |
| Author: | Lisa Appignanesi |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 22 March 2016 |
| Weight: | 364g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 131mm x 31mm |
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Glorious detail is marshalled from the copious reporting of these sensational stories
Glorious detail is marshalled from the copious reporting of these sensational stories - Independent
Enthrallingly narrated, Appignanesi’s book compels with its gruesome subject matter and delights with a wealth of bizarre detail - Daily TelegraphA convincing, enlightening narrative that skilfully blends scholarship with a seductive interest in what makes us human - ObserverTrials of Passion is a rich and rewarding work, brimful of insight and wisdom. Lisa Appignanesi does nothing by halves, and what she says about the mind doctors might describe her own book: “their profession is an art - an art of understanding the human” - Literary ReviewAbout The Author
Lisa Appignanesi
Lisa Appignanesi was born in Poland and grew up in France and Canada. A prize-winning writer and novelist, she was chair of the Freud Museum from 2008-2014, chair of the Royal Society of Literature from 2016-2021 and is a former president of English PEN. She was awarded an OBE for services to literature in 2013. Her non-fiction includes Freud’s Women (with John Forrester), Mad, Bad and Sad, All About Love, Trials of Passion, and the memoirs Losing the Dead and Everyday Madness.
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