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MOTION, Andrew.
Wainewright the Poisoner.
Faber London 2000 1st ed. 305, 16 plates (with 44 illus). Papered boards with dustwrapper. Fine.ISBN ***The artist and writer Thomas Griffiths Wainewright lived at the centre of the Romantic art and literary circles in London, but was convicted of forgery and transported for life to Van Diemen's Land, where he did indeed end his days. Described by the author (and Poet Laureate) as 'an ingenious and unscrupulous criminal', he is thought to have poisoned three of his relatives - although he was never charged with these alleged crimes.
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