Angel of Deathad Woman : Dulcie Markham, Australia's most beautiful bad woman
Straw, Leigh
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Dulcie Markham was a key figure of the underworld of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane during the most violent years of Australian crime - the 1920s to the 1950s. With movie-star looks but impeccably bad taste in men, she 'saw more violence and death than any other woman in Australia's history', according to one crime reporter. Dulcie's killer smile matched her deadly reputation. 'I'd rate her twelve out of ten,' said one detective of her beauty. But to fall in love with her (and many men did) was to risk death. Nicknamed the 'Angel of Death' by crooks, reporters and police, Dulcie's husbands and lovers were stabbed and gunned down, and not always by her...
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Imprint:
Sydney ABC Books, 2020.
Collation:
320 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9780733339660
Dewey class:
364.1
Language:
English
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BRN:
3366868