Publications
Death by Chocolate: The Serial Poisoning of Victorian Brighton, by Sophie Jackson, published 15 November 2012 (192 pp. + 16 pp. of plates, Stroud: Fonthill Media, ISBN-10: 1781551049 & ISBN-13: 9781781551042) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:When a little boy dies from strychnine-poisoned chocolates, 1870s Brighton is thrown into panic. When more children are poisoned by sweets they find lying about the town and strange parcels of arsenic-laced cakes are sent to prominent residents the police step up the search for a serial poisoner. Who is determined to take revenge on the town? The story of Christiana Edmunds (1828-1907), a Brighton resident who in 1872 was tried at the Old Bailey for one murder and one attempted murder. She spent the rest of her life in Broadmoor.