Which monarchy had this English peeress executed whose adult life is depicted in the 2014 historical novel The King's Curse?
The King's Curse The King's Curse is a 2014 historical novel by Philippa Gregory, part of her series "The Cousins' War". A direct sequel to "The White Princess", it follows the adult life of Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, the daughter of George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence and Isabel Neville.
Mary Ansell Mary Ann Ansell, a housemaid, was hanged at St Albans Prison, England on 19 July 1899, for poisoning her sister Caroline, who was an inmate in an asylum. Her motive was asserted to be to obtain £11.5s from a life insurance policy which she had taken out on Caroline.