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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
Other editions & translations
- The Inheritor's Powder : a Tale of Arsenic, Murder, and the New Forensic Science (2024)
- The Inheritor's Powder : a Cautionary Tale of Poison, Betrayal and Greed (2013)
- The Inheritor's powder : a tale of arsenic, murder, and the new forensic science (2014)
- The Inheritor's Powder : a Cautionary Tale of Poison, Betrayal and Greed (2014)
- The Inheritor's Powder : a Cautionary Tale of Poison, Betrayal and Greed (2015)