Poison Romance and Poison MysteriesThe Floating Press, 1.5.2014 - 140 sivua 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. |
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Chapter II Poisons and Superstition | 19 |
Chapter III Royal and Historic Poisoners | 25 |
Chapter IV Professional Poisoners | 35 |
Chapter V Poisoning Plots | 46 |
Chapter VI Concerning Arsenic | 49 |
Chapter XIII The Case of Dr Pritchard | 81 |
Chapter XIV The Pimlico Mystery | 87 |
Chapter XV The Rugeley Mystery | 93 |
Chapter XVI Opium Eating and SmokingMescal Buttons | 99 |
Chapter XVII Hashish and Hashish Eaters | 106 |
Chapter XVIII Tobacco Lore | 112 |
Chapter XIX Poison Habits | 117 |
Chapter XX Poisons in Fiction | 122 |
Chapter VII The Strange Case of Madame Lafarge | 54 |
Chapter VIII The Case of Madeline Smith | 59 |
Chapter IX The Maybrick Case | 62 |
Chapter X About Aconite and Hemlock | 68 |
Chapter XI The Case of Dr Lamson | 73 |
Chapter XII The Bravo Mystery | 75 |
Chapter XXI The Lambeth Poison Mysteries | 130 |
Chapter XXII The Horsford Case | 135 |
Chapter XXIII The Great American Poison Mystery | 139 |
Chapter XXIV Some Curious Methods Employed by Secret Poisoners | 144 |
Endnotes | 152 |
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