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Poisoned lives : English poisoners and their victims

'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 detection increasingly likely

Print Book, English, 2004
Hambledon and London, London, 2004