9781925143379 - The Poison Principle: A memoir about family secrets and literary poisonings von Bell, Gail (14 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. When Dr William Macbeth poisoned two of his sons in1927, 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 of Macbeth haunted and divided his descendants. His grand-daughter, 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 book about family secrets and literary poisonings. Intricate, elegant, and beautifully realised, The Poison Principle is a masterful book about family secrets and literary poisonings. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Zustand: New. 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.

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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. When Dr William Macbeth poisoned two of his sons in1927, 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 of Macbeth haunted and divided his descendants. His grand-daughter, 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 book about family secrets and literary poisonings. Intricate, elegant, and beautifully realised, The Poison Principle is a masterful book about family secrets and literary poisonings. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Zustand: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. &Uumlber den AutorrnrnJulie Freedman Smith and Gail Bell have run Parenting Power since 2002. They are regular contributors and consultants to television and radio programs on parenting. Their writing has been published in national newspapers a.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Winner of the NSW Premier's Literary AwardWhen 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.Praise for The Poison Principle by Gail Bell'Miraculously well written, compellingly readable . a book of rare distinction.' The Times'[Bell's] solution to the mystery was and is a triumph of perseverance . enthralling.' The Guardian'[The Poison Principle] ? measures out, in small loving spoonfuls, grains of information about [a] family story ? Between the quiet drip feed of her personal memoir, Bell mixes in stronger flavors: ingredients from criminology and psychology, botany and chemistry.' The New York Times'A gift of a story and Bell tells it to near perfection.' The Age'An elegantly written memoir about her search for the truth behind her family's darkest secret ? a fine thriller, a richly detailed pharmacopoeia and a splendid dissertation on references to poison in literature.' The Sydney Morning Herald.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. The Poison Principle | A memoir about family secrets and literary poisonings | Gail Bell | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2017 | Booktopia Direct Pty Ltd | EAN 9781925143379 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.