Cheryl (boomerbooklover) - reviewed on 1/26/2022 + 444 more book reviews

Story of the son of a beloved Civil War officer who is tried for the murder of a rival by poison. Includes many facets of the Victorian age, including the limitations of medical knowledge; patent medicines and free samples of dubious substances offered by mail order; private mailbox rentals; the early days of handwriting analysis; and the general public's fascination with the well-to-do, and with violent crimes, as promoted by the yellow journalism of the day.

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