Poisoned lives : English poisoners and their victims
Watson, Katherine2004
Books, Manuscripts
'Poisoned Lives' is the first history of crime to examine poisoning as a whole. Difficult to detect before 1800, poison undoubtedly had its heyday in the 19th century. In response to many suspected cases, forensic tests were developed that made detectionincreasingly likely.
Main title:
Poisoned lives : English poisoners and their victims / Katherine Watson.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Hambledon and London, 2004.
Collation:
xiv, 268 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., facsims., ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.Bibliography: p. 247-256.
ISBN:
1852853794
Dewey class:
364.1'523'0941364.1523
Language:
English
BRN:
1703890