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Death at the Priory: Love, Sex, and Murder in Victorian England by James Ruddick.
Wealthy, beautiful woman is accused of murdering her blackguard of a husband. The story is full of poison, abortions, and genteel deviousness.
Actually, it’d make a great Masterpiece Theatre feature, similar to last year’s Dark Angel, about Victorian serial killer Mary Ann Cotton, but with lovelier sets and costumes.
For the last, Death at the Priory provides a very convincing case for Florence with the assistance of Mrs. Cox. To me, the only real question is whether the poisoning was intended to kill him, or only incapacitate him so he would not continue to try and rape her after her miscarriage. I lean toward the latter.