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The inheritor's powder : a cautionary tale of poison, betrayal and greed
- Title
- The inheritor's powder : a cautionary tale of poison, betrayal and greed / Sandra Hempel.
- Author
- Hempel, Sandra.
- Publication
- London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2013.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 13-4691 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- viii, 279 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- 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
- Poisoning > England > London > History > 19th century > Case studies
- Trials (Poisoning) > England > History > 19th century > Case studies
- Poisoning > England > History
- Poisoners > England > History
- Arsenic > Toxicology > History > Great Britain > 19th century
- Forensic toxicology
- Toxicology > Great Britain > History > 19th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-268) and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 13-4691
- ISBN
- 9780297867425 (hbk)
- 0297867423 (hbk)
- 9780297870357 (pbk.)
- 0297870351 (pbk.)
- OCLC
- 849802137
- Author
- Hempel, Sandra.
- Title
- The inheritor's powder : a cautionary tale of poison, betrayal and greed / Sandra Hempel.
- Imprint
- London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2013.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-268) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 13-4691