Mad Mary Lamb: Lunacy and Murder in Literary London by Susan Tyler Hitchcock

Mad Mary Lamb: Lunacy and Murder in Literary London

Susan Tyler Hitchcock

326 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction biography history true crime dark informative slow-paced
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After killing her mother with a carving knife, Mary Lamb spent the rest of her life in and out of madhouses; yet the crime and its aftermath opened up a new life. Freed to read extensively, she discovered her talent for writing and, with her broth...

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