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From renowned true-crime historian Harold Schechter, whom The Boston Book Review hails as "America's principal chronicler of its greatest psychopathic killers," comes the riveting exploration of a notorious, sensational New York City murder in the 1890s, the fascinating forensic science of an earlier age, and the explosively dramatic trial that became a tabloid sensation at the turn of the century. Death was by poison and came in the mail: A package of Bromo Seltzer had been anonymously sent to Harry Cornish, the popular athletic director of Manhattan's elite Knickerbocker Athletic Club. Cornish barely survived swallowing a small dose; his cousin Mrs. Katherine Adams died in agony after ingesting the toxic brew. Scandal sheets owned by Hearst and Pulitzer eagerly jumped on this story of fatal high-society intrigue, speculating that the devious killer was a chemist, a woman, or "an effeminate man." Forensic studies suggested cyanide as the cause of death; handwriting on the deadly package and the vestige of a label glued to the bottle pointed to a handsome, athletic society scamp, Roland Molineux. The wayward son of a revered Civil War general, Molineux had clashed bitterly with Cornish before. He had even furiously denounced Cornish when penning his resignation from the Knickerbocker Club, a letter that later proved a major clue. Bon vivant Molineux had recently wed the sensuous Blanche Chesebrough, an opera singer whose former lover, Henry Barnet, had also recently died . . . after taking medicine sent to him through the mail. Molineux's subsequent indictment for murder led to two explosive trials, a sex-infused scandal that shocked the nation, and a lurid print-media circus that ended in madness and a proud family's disgrace. In bold, brilliant strokes, Schechter captures all the colors of the tumultuous legal case, gathering his own evidence and tackling subjects no one dared address at the timeall in hopes of answering the tantalizing question: What powerfully dark motives could drive the wealthy scion of an eminent New York family to foul murder? Schechter vividly portrays the case's fascinating cast of characters, including Julian Hawthorne, son of Nathaniel Hawthorne, a prolific yellow journalist who covered the story, and proud General Edward Leslie Molineux, whose son's ignoble deeds besmirched a dignified national hero's final years. All the while Schechter brings alive Manhattan's Gilded Age: a gaslit world of elegant town houses and hidden bordellos, chic restaurants and shabby opium dens, a city peopled by men and women fighting and losing the battle against urges an upright era had ordered suppressed. Superbly researched and powerfully written, The Devil's Gentleman is an insightful, gripping work, a true-crime historian's crowning achievement.

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Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0345476794
ISBN-13
9780345476791
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Book Title
Devil's Gentleman : Privilege, Poison, and the Trial That Ushered in the Twentieth Century
Author
Harold Schechter
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Murder / General, General, United States / General
Publication Year
2007
Genre
True Crime, History
Number of Pages
512 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.5in
Item Height
1.4in
Item Width
6.4in
Item Weight
30.1 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Hv6534.N5s34 2007
Reviews
Advance praise for The Devil's Gentleman "A thrilling account of a murder case that rocked Manhattan at the turn of the 20th century . . . Schechter expertly weaves a rich historical tapestryexploring everything from the birth of 'yellow' journalism to the history of poison as a murder weaponwithout sacrificing a novelistic sense of character, pacing and suspense. The result is a riveting tale of murder, seduction and tabloid journalism run rampant in a New York not so different from today's." Publishers Weekly (starred review) Praise for the true-crime books of Harold Schechter "The scholarship is both genuine and fascinating." The Boston Book Review, on The A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers "Top-drawer true-crime." Booklist, on Deviant "Reads like fiction but it's chillingly real." The Philadelphia Inquirer, on Deranged "Riveting . . . brilliantly detailed . . . Schechter has done his usual sterling job in resurrecting this amazing tale." Caleb Carr, on Depraved From the Hardcover edition.
Copyright Date
2007
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2007-019705
Dewey Decimal
364.152/3092
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes

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