The Inheritor's Powder: A Tale of Poisoning, Inheritance and Betrayal by Sandra Hempel

The Inheritor's Powder: A Tale of Poisoning, Inheritance and Betrayal

Sandra Hempel

320 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history science true crime mysterious slow-paced
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This is the story of how an infamous murder case led to the birth of modern toxicology. In the 19th century criminal poisoning with arsenic was frighteningly easy. For a few pence and with few questions asked, it was possible to buy enough poison ...

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