Poison and Adelaide Bartlett. The Pimlico Poisoning Case

Bridges, Yseult

Published by Hutchinson & Co Ltd, London, 1962

About this Item

First edition, first impression. Some edge wear, chipping and fading to top and bottom of jacket and spine, spine faded, corners rubbed with tiny loss, some spotting to back jacket. Not price clipped (25s), small charity stamp to back endpapers, no written inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. 256pp, illustrated. The Pimlico Mystery or the Pimlico Poisoning Mystery is the name given to the circumstances surrounding the 1886 death of wealthy grocer Thomas Edwin Bartlett, possibly at the hands of his wife, French born Adelaide Blanche Bartlett and her supoposed lover the Rev George Dyson, in Pimlico, London. A fatal quantity of chloroform was found in Mr Bartlett's stomach, despite having not caused any damage to his throat or windpipe, and no evidence of how it got there. Adelaide Bartlett was tried for her husband's murder and was acquitted. By the jury's own statement in court Mrs Bartlett's acquittal was partly secured because the prosecution could not prove how Mrs Bartlett could have committed the crime. The case was the subject of a novel by Julian Symons 'Sweet Adelaide'. A film starring Jodie Foster 'My Letter to George' was loosely based on the story.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Poison and Adelaide Bartlett. The Pimlico Poisoning Case
• Publisher: Hutchinson & Co Ltd, London
• Publication Date: 1962
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Jacket by Biro
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good