Dr Pritchard The Poisoning Adulterer.

Written creatively. This book introduces you to the classic true crime story of Dr Edward William Pritchard, an English doctor suspected of killing his servant and convicted of murdering his wife and mother in law through poisoning. Born in 1825, Dr Edward Pritchard was the son of a navy caption who came from a family with distinguished naval connections. On the surface, the doctor was well mannered and respectable. He was a kind and loving husband who adored his wife and family. Beneath that pleasant exterior, however, lurked darkness that few would have guessed existed. He was a loathsome, arrogant man, a serial adulterer, and a sociopathic liar who would go down in history as one of Britain’s most evil killers. The book explores the twists and turns of his trial during the nineteenth century – could Dr Pritchard be innocent of such sinister crimes? Was there a plausible motive for these murders? This was a notable murder case in Victorian crime history that shocked the nation. Reports suggest the possibility of even more victims. Based on historical records, and written creatively, Wendy Rhodes untangles the facts behind this notorious case, bringing it back to vivid, extraordinary life, examining the Pritchard’s lives and the circumstances surrounding the deaths of the evil doctor’s victims.