The Secret Poisoner
Linda Stratmann
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.
類別:
年:
2016
出版商:
Yale University Press
語言:
english
頁數:
328
ISBN 10:
0300204736
ISBN 13:
9780300204735
文件:
PDF, 16.91 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2016