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An account of a mysterious murder committed in nineteenth-century Troy, New York, and the sensational trial that ensued.

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Adler's painstaking research demonstrates that Robinson's murder trial is more than a sensational historical tale ... this remains a fascinating story, one that will be of interest to scholars of urban life, crime, politics, and gender in nineteenth-century America. - New York History Adler deftly navigates an abundance of primary source material to recreate the facts of Robinson's sensational murder trial in this enjoyable page-turner. The Affair of the Veiled Murderess is an ... excellent entry to the subject for the general reader. - H-Net Reviews, H-Law ...a must-read for mystery fans or anyone who enjoys the culture of mid-nineteenth century New York. - Hudson River Valley Review The Affair of the Veiled Murderess is the riveting account of a previously unsolved murder committed in Troy, New York, in the nineteenth century. The author has captured the city of Troy such as to make of it one of the characters. She goes step by step through the process of detection until she has solved this real-life murder mystery to the reader's complete satisfaction. I recommend it highly. - Richard Selzer, author of Down From Troy and Knife Song Korea To me it's an excellent book. Fascinating in its discussion and scholarship on nineteenth-century Hudson Valley and State politics, plus the sleuthery regarding the murderess. - Ed Sanders, author of America: A History in Verse, Vol. 1: 1900-1939

""Adler's painstaking research demonstrates that Robinson's murder trial is more than a sensational historical tale ... this remains a fascinating story, one that will be of interest to scholars of urban life, crime, politics, and gender in nineteenth-century America."" - New York History ""Adler deftly navigates an abundance of primary source material to recreate the facts of Robinson's sensational murder trial in this enjoyable page-turner. The Affair of the Veiled Murderess is an ... excellent entry to the subject for the general reader."" - H-Net Reviews, H-Law ""...a must-read for mystery fans or anyone who enjoys the culture of mid-nineteenth century New York."" - Hudson River Valley Review ""The Affair of the Veiled Murderess is the riveting account of a previously unsolved murder committed in Troy, New York, in the nineteenth century. The author has captured the city of Troy such as to make of it one of the characters. She goes step by step through the process of detection until she has solved this real-life murder mystery to the reader's complete satisfaction. I recommend it highly."" - Richard Selzer, author of Down From Troy and Knife Song Korea ""To me it's an excellent book. Fascinating in its discussion and scholarship on nineteenth-century Hudson Valley and State politics, plus the sleuthery regarding the murderess."" - Ed Sanders, author of America: A History in Verse, Vol. 1: 1900-1939

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Jeanne Winston Adler is the author of Early Days in the Adirondacks: The Photographs of Seneca Ray Stoddard and the editor of In the Path of War: Children of the American Revolution and Chainbreaker's War: A Seneca Chief Remembers the American Revolution. She lives in Salem, New York.

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