{"product_id":"devils-gentleman-privilege-poison-and-the-trial-that-ushered-in-the-twentieth-century","title":"Devil's Gentleman: Privilege, Poison, and the Trial That Ushered in the Twentieth Century","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eDevil's Gentleman: Privilege, Poison, and the Trial That Ushered in the Twentieth Century\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eHarold Schechter\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780345476807\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eRandom House Publishing Group\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2008\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e512\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eFrom renowned true-crime historian Harold Schechter comes the riveting exploration of a notorious New York City murder in the 1890s, the fascinating forensic science of an earlier time, and the grisly court case that became a tabloid spectacle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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 two explosive trials and a sex-infused scandal that shocked the nation. Bringing to life Manhattan's Gilded Age, Schechter captures all the colors of the tumultuous legal proceedings, gathering his own evidence and tackling subjects no one dared address at the time-all in hopes of answering a tantalizing question: What powerfully dark motives could drive the wealthy scion of an eminent New York family to murder? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Devil's Gentleman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A heady tale of sin, sex, jealousy and revenge in sepia-toned Manhattan.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e-The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A dark chronicle of ghoulish revenge [and] journalistic sensationalism . . . [a] well-wrought anatomy of a murder and portrait of an age.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e-The Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Schechter peppers his account of one of America's earliest media circuses with peacock characters and deliciously tawdry details. . . . For scandal sweet tooths, this one's a beaut.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e-Entertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In the hands of an artist and historian as gifted as Schechter, the material becomes a superbly evocative reconstruction of the fascinating period in American life that gave birth to our media-crazed society.\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003ci\u003eBomb\u003c\/i\u003e magazine \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Well told and powerfully written . . . Through newspaper accounts of the day and memoirs of the principals . . . Schechter brings [a crime] to vivid life.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e-San Antonio Express-News\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Devil's Gentleman: Privilege, Poison, and the Trial That Ushered in the Twentieth Century | Harold Schechter | Paperback | 9780345476807 | Used: Very Good | Back Stacks I 1754453","offer_id":49004883247256,"sku":"1754453","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/91K5TRnQfnL.jpg?v=1778310574","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/devils-gentleman-privilege-poison-and-the-trial-that-ushered-in-the-twentieth-century","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}