Poison Romance and Poison Mysteries.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thompson, C. J. S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poisoning.

True crime stories.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (153 p.)

Place of Publication:

Auckland : The Floating Press, 2014.

Summary:

Poisons have long been the weapon of choice of nefarious ne'er-do-wells seeking to inflict harm on others. In this gripping true-crime compendium, author C.J.S. Thompson offers a concise history of poison as an instrument of murder and serves up a number of detailed case studies of instances in which poisons were put to use in the service of evil.

Contents:

Title; Contents; Preface to First Edition; Preface to New Edition; Chapter I - Poisons of Antiquity; Chapter II - Poisons and Superstition; Chapter III - Royal and Historic Poisoners; Chapter IV - Professional Poisoners; Chapter V - Poisoning Plots; Chapter VI - Concerning Arsenic; Chapter VII - The Strange Case of Madame Lafarge; Chapter VIII - The Case of Madeline Smith; Chapter IX - The Maybrick Case; Chapter X - About Aconite and Hemlock; Chapter XI - The Case of Dr. Lamson; Chapter XII - The Bravo Mystery; Chapter XIII - The Case of Dr. Pritchard; Chapter XIV - The Pimlico Mystery

Chapter XV - The Rugeley MysteryChapter XVI - Opium Eating and Smoking-Mescal Buttons; Chapter XVII - Hashish and Hashish Eaters; Chapter XVIII - Tobacco Lore; Chapter XIX - Poison Habits; Chapter XX - Poisons in Fiction; Chapter XXI - The Lambeth Poison Mysteries; Chapter XXII - The Horsford Case; Chapter XXIII - The Great American Poison Mystery; Chapter XXIV - Some Curious Methods Employed by Secret Poisoners; Endnotes

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ISBN:

9781776536214

1776536215