The Secret Poisoner

A Century of Murder

Linda Stratmann (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

344 Seiten

2016
Yale University Press (Verlag)
978-0-300-20473-5 (ISBN)

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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.

Linda Stratmann is the author of several nonfiction books, including The Marquess of Queensberry.

Erscheinungsdatum	18.03.2016
Zusatzinfo	32 b-w illus.
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 235 mm
Gewicht	762 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Biochemie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
ISBN-10	0-300-20473-6 / 0300204736
ISBN-13	978-0-300-20473-5 / 9780300204735
Zustand	Neuware