Women who Shocked the Nation
- ISBN-10
- 1859832873
- ISBN-13
- 9781859832875
- Category
- Female offenders
- Pages
- 216
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Author
- Diane Canwell
Description
The most notorious British women of all time, from Lady Godiva to Rosemary West. Radicals, criminals, killers and courtesans in an illustrated history of infamy.
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