Poisoned Lives: English Poisoners and Their Victims

by Katherine Watson

Book Overview

From Mary Ann Cotton, the Victorian serial murderess, to Dr Crippen, poisoners have attracted a celebrity unmatched by violent killers. Secretly administered, often during a family meal, arsenic (the most commonly-used poison) led to a slow and agonising death, while strychnine (with its characteristic bitter taste) killed very quickly. Poisoned Lives is the first history of the crime to examine poisoning and its consequences as a whole. Unwanted...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1852855037
• ISBN13: 9781852855031
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.4"