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Secret Poisoner, The: A Century of Murder

$35.00

Secret Poisoner, The: A Century of Murder

SKU: 9780300250053 Category: Product ID: 24188

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Title: Secret Poisoner, The: A Century of Murder
Author: STRATMANN LINDA
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 15/08/2019
Imprint: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Price: $35.00
Publishing status: Active

Murder by poison alarmed, enthralled, and in many ways encapsulated the Victorian age. Linda Stratmann’s dark and splendid social history reveals the nineteenth century as a gruesome battleground where poisoners went head-to-head with authorities who strove to detect poisons, control their availability, and bring the guilty to justice. She corrects many misconceptions about particular poisons and documents how the evolution of issues such as marital rights and the legal protection of children impacted poisonings. Combining archival research with a chemist’s expertise and a novelist’s eye, Stratmann charts the era’s inexorable rise of poison cases both gruesome and sad.

ISBN: 9780300250053
Pages: 344