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ISBN: PB: 9780300250053

Yale University Press

August 2019

344 pp.

19.7x12.7 cm

32 black&white illus.

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Secret Poisoner

A Century of Murder

Murder by poison alarmed, enthralled, and in many ways encapsulated the Victorian age. Linda Stratmann's dark and splendid social history reveals the nineteenth century as a gruesome battleground where poisoners went head-to-head with authorities who strove to detect poisons, control their availability, and bring the guilty to justice. She corrects many misconceptions about particular poisons and documents how the evolution of issues such as marital rights and the legal protection of children impacted poisonings. Combining archival research with a novelist's eye, Stratmann charts the era's inexorable rise of poison cases both shocking and sad.

About the Author

Linda Stratmann is the author of eleven books including "Chloroform: The Quest for Oblivion, Notorious Blasted Rascal and Greater London Murders". She lives in London.