DID SHE KILL HIM?
Book ID/图书代码： 07980012B54559
English Summary/英文概要： In the summer of 1889, young Southern belle Florence Maybrick stood trial for the alleged arsenic poisoning of her much older husband, Liverpool cotton merchant James Maybrick.
’The Maybrick Mystery’ had all the makings of a sensation: a pretty, flirtatious young girl; resentful, gossiping servants; rumours of gambling and debt; and torrid mutual infidelity. The case cracked the varnish of Victorian respectability, shocking and exciting the public in equal measure as they clambered to read the latest revelations of Florence’s past and glimpse her likeness in Madame Tussaud’s.
Florence’s fate was fiercely debated in the courtroom, on the front pages of the newspapers and in parlours and backyards across the country. Did she poison her husband? Was her previous infidelity proof of murderous intentions? Was James’ own habit of self-medicating to blame for his demise?
Historian Kate Colquhoun recounts an utterly absorbing tale of addiction, deception and adultery that keeps you asking to the very last page, did she kill him?
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1889年夏，年轻的南部美人佛罗伦斯•梅布里克正接受审判，罪行是用砷毒杀害了教她年长许多的丈夫，利物浦的棉花商詹姆斯•梅布里克。
"梅布里克谜案"可谓是拥有各种轰动的话题元素：美丽而充满着挑逗气息的年轻女孩；可憎的长舌仆从；赌博与债务的种种传闻；以及炽热的双双背叛。书中的案例令维多利亚时期华丽的声名装饰不堪一击，不仅震惊了公众，同时也令他们感到兴味盎然，其程度之深就好比他们正费力地阅读者有关于佛罗伦斯的最新事迹，并一窥其和杜莎德夫人的相似之处。
在法庭之上，佛罗伦斯的命运被激烈地争辩着，此外，不论是在报纸的头版还是每个家庭的客厅中，甚至是全国的院落里，人们都激烈的讨论着她的命运。真的是她毒害了自己的丈夫？是否此前一次的婚外情正是她此次谋杀的动机所在？又是否是詹姆斯其自身的自我沉思的习惯导致了他最终的死亡？
历史学家凯特•柯曲霍将在此为你娓娓道来一个精彩的故事，有关于沉溺、欺骗、通奸，相信你一定会不断询问，直至全书末页，她真的杀了他？究竟谁乃真凶？（DC）
Awards/获奖情况：凯特•柯曲霍对于梅布里克一案的描述可谓细致敏锐---她对于毒药误用的用法知识，甚至会令许多的药剂师自愧不如。(蕾切尔•库克 《观察家》)
这一案件是令人震惊的，这一审判磨人而痛苦的，然而柯曲霍却让一切归于公正。 (劳拉•弗里曼《每日邮报》)
Kate Colquhoun’s account of the Maybrick case is brilliantly detailed - her knowledge of the uses and misuses of poison would put that of many pharmacists to shame (Rachel Cooke Observer)
The case is thrilling, the trial harrowing and Colquhoun does them justice (Laura Freeman Daily Mail)
About the Author/作者介绍： 凯特•柯曲霍的上一部非小说作品曾入围2004年度达夫•库伯奖及2003年度塞缪尔•约翰逊奖。作者除了为几家报刊杂志撰稿，还会定期出现在国家广播与电视节目上。作者现与其丈夫及两个儿子居住在伦敦。Kate Colquhoun’s previous non fiction titles were shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize 2004 and longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize 2003. As well as writing for several newspapers and magazines, she appears regularly on national radio and television. She lives in London with her husband and two sons.
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