UID:
edoccha_9958086941202883
Format:
1 online resource (429 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-84755-860-7
Content:
Sex, drugs, rocks, gold, murder, war, mass poisonings, the deaths of Napoleon, Tchaikovsky, Mozart, and others are all linked by one element - arsenic! Arsenic has been around since the beginning of time and the word has become a metaphor for poison with associated shock value. The general public are fearful of any possible exposure to it and yet it holds a certain dark and eerie fascination! The average person has only one idea about arsenic - it is poison - and this reputation has a sound base. Some arsenic compounds are very toxic and have been used with criminal intent from the time of the
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front cover; i_iv; v_viii; ix_xvi; 001_055; 056_098; 099_129; 130_165; 166_214; 215_286; 287_348; 349_397; 398_412
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-85404-363-2
Language:
English
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