The Devil's Gentleman: Privilege, Poison, and the Trial That Ushered in the Twentieth Century by Harold Schechter

The Devil's Gentleman: Privilege, Poison, and the Trial That Ushered in the Twentieth Century

Harold Schechter with Sean Runnette (Narrator)

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nonfiction crime history true crime dark mysterious slow-paced

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The wayward son of a revered Civil War general, Roland Molineux enjoyed good looks, status, and fortune-hardly the qualities of a prime suspect in a series of shocking, merciless cyanide killings. Molineux's subsequent indictment for murder led to...

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