A true-crime reporter and author of Wasted provides an in-depth study of an early nineteenth-century case of love, sex, and murder that rocked American society, involving the scandalous relationship between Lucretia Winslow Chapman, the wife of prominent scientist Dr. William Chapman, and her lover, con man Lino Espos y Mina, and their trial for Chapman's murder.

The Murder of Dr. Chapman: The Legendary Trials of Lucretia Chapman and Her Lover

History

Wolfe, Linda

Americas

Harpercollins

Lucretia and William Chapman were a prosperous happily married,couple in 1830s America. He was a prominent scientist; she was a dedicated mother and devoted educator. Then a dashing visitor named Lino Espos y Mina appeared at their door, claiming to be Mexican aristocracy. In reality, he was one of the most extraordinary con artists in American history. They took him in, and a month later, William died.Shortly after, authorities discovered Lucretia and Lino's affair, and they were charged with murder. Their separate trials -- each featuring sex, scandal, deception, and the striking courtroom tactics of remarkable lawyers -- produced two very different outcomes and riveted the young American nation.

Murder of Dr. Chapman, The

HarpPeren

Cooking Of The Caribbean Islands

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Regional & International

Macmillan Education

Ten accounts exploring the psychological forces that drive affluent people to destroy themselves and others focus on a New England professor's obsession with a prostitute, the drug-related deaths of twin gynecologists, and other cases

The Professor and the Prostitute: And Other True True Tales of Murder and Madness

Ballantine Books

Ten accounts exploring the psychological forces that drive affluent people to destroy themselves and others focus on a New England professor's obsession with a prostitute, the drug-related deaths of twin gynecologists, and other cases

The Professor and the Prostitute: And Other True Tales of Murder and Madness

Biographies & Memoirs

True Crime

Houghton, mifflin, harcourt

Private Practices

A medical shocker about twin gynecologists who share a terrible secret, one that will lead them relentlessly to malpractice and murder. "Private Practices has... raw narrative power, an unflinching eye, and an appetite for complicated ideas."-John Leonard, The New York Times "Hair-raising."-Chicago Tribune Book World "Truly frightening."-Ira Levin

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Dell Publishing

The true, shocking story behind the infamous "preppy murder" case reveals how, in the author's opinion, the privileged social milieu to which victim and assailant belonged spawned the tragedy

Wasted: The Preppie Murder

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Random House Value Publishing

This is an Authors Guild/BIP title. Please use Author's Guild/BIP specs.text for author's bio box:Linda Wolfe is a journalist and novelist who lives in New York.text for book description box:A New York Times "Notable Book," Wasted tells the true story behind New York's famed "rough sex" murder -- the killing of teenager Jennifer Levin by prep student Robert Chambers."A delicious true crime book."San Francisco Chronicle"Chilling and taut."Cosmopolitan Magazine"A real page-turner."Mademoiselle Magazine

iUniverse

A culinary classic, the award-winning The Literary Gourmet is a collection of dining scenes from the masterpieces of world literature, accompanied by historicallyaccurate recipes that were tested in the kitchens of New York's Four Seasons Restaurant.

The Literary Gourmet: Menus from Masterpieces

Cooking Education & Reference

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The Murder of Dr. Chapman: The Legendary Trials of Lucretia Chapman and Her Lover

Murder of Dr. Chapman, The

Cooking Of The Caribbean Islands

The Professor and the Prostitute: And Other True True Tales of Murder and Madness

The Professor and the Prostitute: And Other True Tales of Murder and Madness

Private Practices

Wasted: The Preppie Murder

Wasted: The Preppie Murder

The Literary Gourmet: Menus from Masterpieces

Private Practices