The inheritor's powder : a cautionary tale of poison, betrayal and greed
Hempel, Sandra2013
Books, Manuscripts
This is the story of how an infamous murder case led to the birth of modern toxicology. In the 19th century criminal poisoning with arsenic was frighteningly easy. For a few pence and with few questions asked, it was possible to buy enough poison to kill off an entire family, hence arsenic's popular name: the Inheritor's Powder. Yet if poisoning was easy, it was a notoriously difficult crime to prove.
Main title:
The inheritor's powder : a cautionary tale of poison, betrayal and greed / by Sandra Hempel.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2013.
Collation:
312 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes QR code.
ISBN:
9780297867425 (hbk)0297867423
Dewey class:
364.1'523'0941'09034364.1523364.1523364.152
Local class:
364.1523364.152
Language:
English
Subject:
Poisoning -- England -- History -- 19th centuryPoisoners -- England -- HistoryArsenic -- Toxicology -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th centuryToxicology -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th centuryPoisoning -- England -- London -- History -- 19th centuryTrials (Poisoning) -- England -- History -- 19th centuryCrime
BRN:
572533