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The secret poisoner : a century of murder

By Linda , Stratmann

Book information

Publisher
Yale University Press
Year
2016
ISBN
9780300204735, 0300204736
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
5 MB (5266547 bytes)
Pages
328\0
Time added
2017-08-15 11:00:00
Empoisonneurs -- Histoire -- 19e siècle.;Meurtrier

Description

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 novelist's eye, Stratmann charts the era's inexorable rise of poison cases both shocking and sad.

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