The inheritor's powder : a cautionary tale of poison, betrayal and greed
Hempel, Sandra2014
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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.
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Author:
Hempel, Sandra, author
Imprint:
London : Phoenix, 2014.
Collation:
viii, 280 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2013.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781780222226 (pbk)
Dewey class:
364.1'523364.1523
LC class:
HV6535.G4
Language:
English
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BRN:
260663