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A shipboard romance that somehow became one of the most notorious domestic poisoning cases in British history. This is the story of Florence Maybrick.

Check back for part two of this story on 12 June.

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Books consulted for research: —The Golden Age of Murder  by Martin Edwards —A is for Arsenic  by Kathryn Harkup —Did She Kill Him? by Kate Colquhoun —The Anatomy of Murder  by Members of the Detection Club

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