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Book 2015

Is for Arsenic

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Language
English
Published
2015
  • Poisons
  • Chemical warfare
  • Popular works
  • Knowledge
  • Poisons in literature
  • Medicine in Literature
  • Poisoning
  • Crime & mystery

Investigates the poisons Christie employs in fourteen of her mysteries, discussing why the poisons kill, how they interact, obtainability of such poisons, and which cases may have inspired Christie's stories.