The secret poisoner : a century of murder /

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Author / Creator:	Stratmann, Linda, author.
Imprint:	New Haven : Yale University Press, 2016.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Poisoners -- History -- 19th century. Murderers -- History -- 19th century. Poisoning -- history. Homicide -- history. Murderers. Poisoners. True crime stories. History. True crime stories.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11909429

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ISBN:	9780300219548 0300219547 9780300204735 0300204736
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	"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"--
Other form:	Print version: Stratmann, Linda. Secret poisoner 9780300204735

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