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V is for Venom: Agatha Christie's Chemicals of Death
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Wydawca: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Data wydania: 19.06.2025
Seria: Bloomsbury Sigma
Typ okładki:twarda okładka
EAN: 9781399413077
Opis
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Fourteen stories. Fourteen more poisons. Just because it's fiction doesn't mean it's all made-up ...
Agatha Christie is renowned for her captivating plots and creative ways of killing off ill-fated victims. And what better way to add intrigue to a story than poison? The surreptitious ways they can be administered and the characteristic symptoms they produce make these killer chemicals the ideal method of murder in a 'whodunit'. Christie perfected the use of poisons in her plots; her deft and varied use of toxic substances is one of her great strengths as a writer. But how is it that some compounds prove so fatal, and in such tiny amounts?
The follow up to Kathryn Harkup's best-selling A is for Arsenic, V is for Venom is a compelling exploration of Christie's use of poisons and her extensive chemical knowledge. Featuring fourteen more poisons from the works of Agatha Christie, this book investigates the science behind the deadly substances, the history of their use in real-life murder cases, and how feasible was it to obtain, administer and detect these poisons in Christie's time and today. Combining Christie's murder mysteries, chemical science and true crime, V is for Venom is a celebration of the use of science by the undisputed Queen of Crime.
Table of Contents
The Queen of Crime
A is for Arrow Poison – 'The Case of the Caretaker' (Miss Marple's Final Cases)
B is for Bacteria – Cards on the Table
C is for Calmo – The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
F is for Formic Acid – 'The Lemesurier Inheritance' (Poirot's Early Cases)
G is for Gas – A Caribbean Mystery
H is for Hydrochloric Acid – Murder in Mesopotamia
J is for Jasmine – The Big Four
M is for Mickey Finn – Passenger to Frankfurt
N is for Nitroglycerin – 'The Chocolate Box' (Poirot's Early Cases)
O is for Oxalic Acid – Murder is Easy
P is for Procaine – One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
S is for Scopolamine – 'Philomel Cottage' (The Listerdale Mystery)
T is for Taxine – A Pocket Full of Rye
V is for Venom – Death in the Clouds
Appendix: Christie's Causes of Death
Index
Producent/osoba odpowiedzialna za bezpieczeństwo produktu
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Bedford Square 50
London
contact@bloomsbury.com
+44 (0)20 7631 5600
Agatha Christie is renowned for her captivating plots and creative ways of killing off ill-fated victims. And what better way to add intrigue to a story than poison? The surreptitious ways they can be administered and the characteristic symptoms they produce make these killer chemicals the ideal method of murder in a 'whodunit'. Christie perfected the use of poisons in her plots; her deft and varied use of toxic substances is one of her great strengths as a writer. But how is it that some compounds prove so fatal, and in such tiny amounts?
The follow up to Kathryn Harkup's best-selling A is for Arsenic, V is for Venom is a compelling exploration of Christie's use of poisons and her extensive chemical knowledge. Featuring fourteen more poisons from the works of Agatha Christie, this book investigates the science behind the deadly substances, the history of their use in real-life murder cases, and how feasible was it to obtain, administer and detect these poisons in Christie's time and today. Combining Christie's murder mysteries, chemical science and true crime, V is for Venom is a celebration of the use of science by the undisputed Queen of Crime.
Table of Contents
The Queen of Crime
A is for Arrow Poison – 'The Case of the Caretaker' (Miss Marple's Final Cases)
B is for Bacteria – Cards on the Table
C is for Calmo – The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
F is for Formic Acid – 'The Lemesurier Inheritance' (Poirot's Early Cases)
G is for Gas – A Caribbean Mystery
H is for Hydrochloric Acid – Murder in Mesopotamia
J is for Jasmine – The Big Four
M is for Mickey Finn – Passenger to Frankfurt
N is for Nitroglycerin – 'The Chocolate Box' (Poirot's Early Cases)
O is for Oxalic Acid – Murder is Easy
P is for Procaine – One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
S is for Scopolamine – 'Philomel Cottage' (The Listerdale Mystery)
T is for Taxine – A Pocket Full of Rye
V is for Venom – Death in the Clouds
Appendix: Christie's Causes of Death
Index
Producent/osoba odpowiedzialna za bezpieczeństwo produktu
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Bedford Square 50
London
contact@bloomsbury.com
+44 (0)20 7631 5600
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Data wydania: 19.06.2025
Liczba stron: 320
Wymiary: 14.0x22.0
Typ okładki:twarda okładka
Wydawca: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Autor:
Seria: Bloomsbury Sigma
Tytuł:V is for Venom: Agatha Christie's Chemicals of Death
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EAN: 9781399413077
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