A taste for poison : eleven deadly substances and the killers who used them
Bradbury, Neil2022
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As any reader of murder mysteries can tell you, poison is one of the most enduring - and popular - weapons of choice for a scheming murderer. It can be slipped into a drink, smeared onto the tip of an arrow or the handle of a door, even filtered through the air we breathe. But how exactly do these poisons work to break our bodies down, and what can we learn from the damage they inflict? In a blend of popular science, medical history, and narrative crime nonfiction, Dr Neil Bradbury explores this most morbidly captivating method of murder from a cellular level. Alongside real-life accounts of murderers and their crimes - some notorious, some forgotten, some still unsolved - are the equally compelling stories of the poisons involved: eleven molecules of death that work their way through the human body and, paradoxically, illuminate the way in which our bodies function.
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Author:
Bradbury, Neil, author
Imprint:
Manchester : HarperNorth, 2022.
Collation:
1 volume ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780008484552 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
615.9615.9 BRAD615.9 BRA
Language:
English
BRN:
90960
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