Daughter of the Gallows: A Georgian Historical Mystery of Arsenic, Scandal, and a Notorious Trial - Inspired by the true 18th-Century Poisoning Case of Mary Blandy who was tried at Oxford Assizes in March 1752

A dark, elegant Georgian historical mystery inspired by the true 1752 poisoning case of Mary Blandy

In 1752, all England knows Mary Blandy as the daughter who poisoned her father.

In 1752, Mary Blandy stands accused of poisoning her father with arsenic, and all England thinks it knows the story.

But when barrister's clerk Nathaniel Vale is drawn into the sensational case, he finds not a monster, but a woman of intelligence, composure, and dangerous silences. As servants testify, early forensic...