The inheritor's powder : a cautionary tale of poison, betrayal and greed

Title
  1. The inheritor's powder : a cautionary tale of poison, betrayal and greed / Sandra Hempel.
Published by
  1. London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2013.
Author
  1. Hempel, Sandra.

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Description
  1. viii, 279 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
  1. 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.
Subject
  1. Toxicology > Great Britain > History > 19th century
  2. Forensic toxicology
  3. Poisoning > England > History
  4. Poisoners > England > History
  5. Arsenic > Toxicology > Great Britain > History > 19th century
  6. Poisoning > England > London > History > 19th century > Case studies
  7. Trials (Poisoning) > England > History > 19th century > Case studies
Call number
  1. JFE 13-4691
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-268) and index.
Author
  1. Hempel, Sandra.
Title
  1. The inheritor's powder : a cautionary tale of poison, betrayal and greed / Sandra Hempel.
Imprint
  1. London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2013.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-268) and index.
ISBN
  1. 9780297867425 (hbk)
  2. 0297867423 (hbk)
  3. 9780297870357 (pbk.)
  4. 0297870351 (pbk.)
Research call number
  1. JFE 13-4691
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