Murder, Magic, Madness: The Victorian Trials of Dove and the Wizard Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Murder, Magic, Madness: The Victorian Trials of Dove and the Wizard Book

In 1856, William Dove poisoned his wife, was tried and executed. Believing a fortune teller's prediction that he would remarry a more attractive and richer woman, he made a pact with the devil, hired men to perform magic, and then murdered his wife. This book is a study on nineteenth century magic, murder and madness.Read More

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  • ASDA

    In 1856 William Dove poisoned his wife was tried and executed. Believing a fortune teller's prediction that he would remarry a more attractive and richer woman he made a pact with the devil hired men to perform magic and then murdered his wife. This book is a study on nineteenth century magic murder and madness.

  • Blackwell

    This is the story of magic, marital strife, poisoning and public execution that became one of the biggest newspaper sensations in mid-Victorian England. In 1856 William Dove, a young tenant farmer, was tried and sent to his death at the gallows...

  • 0582894131
  • 9780582894136
  • Dr Owen Davies
  • 1 November 2005
  • Longman
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 264
  • 1
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