The Poison Plot: A Tale of Adultery and Murder in Colonial Newport

Author/Contributor(s):	Crane, Elaine Forman
Publisher:	Cornell University Press
Date:	05/15/2018
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

An accusation of attempted murder rudely interrupted Mary Arnold's dalliances with working men and her extensive shopping sprees. When her husband Benedict fell deathly ill and then asserted she had tried to kill him with poison, the result was a dramatic petition for divorce. The case before the Rhode Island General Assembly and its tumultuous...