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The Inheritor's Powder : a Tale of Arsenic, Murder, and the New Forensic Science by Hempel, Sandra is a true crime available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Inheritor's Powder : a Tale of Arsenic, Murder, and the New Forensic Science about?

"Fascinating…one of history’s most important poisons—and most important murders." —Deborah Blum, author of The Poisoner’s Handbook Available at any corner shop for little money and, because tasteless, difficult to detect in food or drink, arsenic was so frequently used by potential beneficiaries of wills in the first half of the nineteenth century that it was nicknamed “the inheritor’s powder.” But after wealthy George Bodle died under suspicious circumstances, leaving behind several heirs, the

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Author
Hempel, Sandra
Publisher
Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
Published
2013
Language
EN
ISBN
9780393240467
Category
true crime
Subjects
History, Science, Crime
Rating
3.16 / 5 (283 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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