The Great Oyer of Poisoning: the Trial of the Earl of Somerset for the Poisoning of Sir Thomas Overbury, and Various Matters Connected Therewith, from Contemporary Mss. [With a Portrait.]Richard Bentley, 1846 - 551 pages |
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