{"product_id":"the-beauty-defense-femmes-fatales-on-trial-paperback-softback-9781606353943","title":"The Beauty Defense; Femmes Fatales on Trial (Paperback \/ softback) 9781606353943","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Beauty Defense\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFemmes Fatales on Trial\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLaura James (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781606353943\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 25 February 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e176 pages, 39 illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm, 0.32 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eI have long been a fan and devoted reader of Laura James. She writes with clarity and insight, turning over stones to find the details that resonate with today's readers. I absolutely devoured The Beauty Defense. An awesome book by one of my favorite writers.\" — Gregg Olsen, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of \u003cem\u003eIf You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eJustice is blind, they say, but perhaps not to beauty. In supposedly dispassionate courts of law, attractive women have long avoided punishment, based largely on their looks, for cold-blooded crimes. \u003cem\u003eThe Beauty Defense: Femmes Fatales on Trial\u003c\/em\u003e gathers the true stories of some of the most infamous femmes fatales in criminal history, collected by attorney and true crime historian Laura James.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith cases from 1850 to 1997, these 32 examples span more than a century, across cultures, ethnicities, and socioeconomic status. But all were so beautiful, as James demonstrates, that they got away with murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Madeline Smith, a Glasgow socialite, tried to end a relationship with one man to date another, her jilted lover proved difficult to shake. She solved the problem, James writes, with arsenic-laced chocolates. And in Warrenton, Virginia, mild-mannered heiress Susan Cummings gunned down her polo-playing husband, Roberto, following a disagreement. While these two women lived in different centuries and on different continents, both of their lawyers argued that they were too beautiful to be killers. And in both cases, the juries bought it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn telling the stories of Madeline Smith and Susan Cummings—and 30 others—James proves the existence of the so-called Beauty Defense and shines a spotlight on how gender bias has actually benefited femmes fatales and affected legal systems across the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","brand":"The Kent State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52735294865688,"sku":"9781606353943","price":18.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-beauty-defense-femmes-fatales-on-trial-paperback-softback-9781606353943","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}