The Secret Poisoner : A Century of Murder / Linda Stratmann
2016, First Edition. New Haven, CT : Yale University Press. Fine cloth title-blocked copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #380080
ISBN: 9780300204735
Physical description : (320 pages) : 32cm. Contents : The Devilish Dumplings -- Smothered in Onions -- The Greatest Refinement of Villainy -- Arsenic and Old Graves -- The Suspicions of Mr Marsh -- French Porcelain -- This Troublesome World -- Getting Away with Murder -- Alarm and Indignation -- The Essex Factor -- Tobacco Kills -- Nil by Mouth -- The Palmer Act -- Expert Witnesses -- Deadly Doctors -- Matrimonial Causes -- Sleight of Hand -- Disappearing Poison -- Our American Cousins. Subjects : 1800 - 1899 19th century. Murderers History 19th century. Poisoners History 19th century. HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century. TRUE CRIME Murder General. SCIENCE History.
Price: €21.95