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The elements of murder : [a history of poison]
What killed Charles II? Who thought he had discovered the perfect poison? Why did hatters go mad? And what made Victorian floral wallpaper dangerous? John Emsley combines history, chemistry, and true crime in this compelling account of murderous chemical elements. Through vividly told stories of innocent blunders, poisoners of various hues - cold, cunning, desperate - and deaths that remain a mystery, this book uncovers the dark side of the Periodic Table
History
1 online resource (xiii, 418 pages)
9780191004902, 9780192806000, 0191004901, 0192806009
1044204463
The poisonous elements of alchemy
Mercury. Mercury poisons us all ; Mad cats and mad hatters: accidental mercury poisoning ; The poet and the poison
Arsenic. Arsenic is everywhere ; Insidious arsenic ; Malevolent arsenic ; Murder revisited: the guilt of Florence Maybrick
Antimony. Antimony the great cure-all ; Requiem for antimony ; Severin Klosowski alias George Chapman
Lead. The empire of lead ; Lead and dead ; Lead murders
Thallium. Driving you hairless ; Graham Young ; Other poisonous elements
Originally published: 2005