The Poison Principle

Author : Gail Bell
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ISBN 13 : 9780330491266
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Poison Principle written by Gail Bell and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Dr. William Macbeth poisoned two of his sons in 1927, his wife and sister hid the murders in the intensely private realm of family secrets. But secrets can be as corrosive as poison, and as time passed, the story of Dr William Macbeth, well-dressed poisoner, haunted and divided his descendants. Macbeth's granddaughter, Gail Bell, who grew up with the story, spent ten years reading about poisons in order to 'read' and understand Macbeth's life. A chemist herself, she listened for echoes in the great poison cases in history, in myths, fiction and poison lore. As well as Bell's own story, here too are the stories of Cleopatra and Snow White, Madame Bovary and Napoleon's doctor, Dr Crippen and Harold Shipman. Intricate and beautifully written, with a stunning twist at its end, The Poison Principle is both a fascinating detective story and a moving memoir of death and deceit.

Author : Gail Bell
Publisher : Xou Pty Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781925143379
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Poison Principle written by Gail Bell and published by Xou Pty Limited. This book was released on 2017-03 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the NSW Premier's Literary Award When Dr William Macbeth poisoned two of his sons in 1927, his wife and sister hid the murders in the intensely private realm of family secrets. Macbeth behaved as if he were immune to consequences and avoided detection and punishment. Or did he? Secrets can be as corrosive as poison, and as time passed, the story haunted and divided his descendants. His granddaughter, Gail Bell, spent ten years reading the literature of poisoning in order to understand Macbeth's life. Herself a chemist, she listened for echoes in the great cases of the nineteenth century, in myths, fiction, and poison lore. Intricate, elegant, and beautifully realised, The Poison Principle is a masterful book about family secrets and literary poisonings. It is a meditation on death, deceit and language, and answers questions like: how do arsenic, cyanide and strychnine work? Why is it so hard to poison someone these days? Was it ever easy? And it finally answers the question of what really happened to those small boys in the winter of 1927.

Author : Gillian Bouras
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 13 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Poison Principle by Gail Bell written by Gillian Bouras and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alfred Swaine Taylor
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 768 pages
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Download or read book The Principles and Practice of Medical Jurisprudence written by Alfred Swaine Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alfred Swaine Taylor
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Total Pages : 762 pages
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Author : William Williams
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 898 pages
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Author : Thomas Taylor
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Total Pages : 186 pages
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Author : William Benjamin Carpenter
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 802 pages
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Author : Sir Thomas Watson
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Total Pages : 1012 pages
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Author : Michigan. Department of Health
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Total Pages : 348 pages
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