A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie
Кэтрин Харкуп
People are fascinated by murder. The popularity of murder mystery books, TV series, and even board games shows that there is an appetite for death, and the more unusual or macabre the method, the better. With gunshots or stabbings the cause of death is obvious, but poisons are inherently more mysterious. How are some compounds so deadly in such tiny amounts?
Agatha Christie used poison to kill her characters more often than any other crime fiction writer. The poison was a central part of the novel, and her choice of deadly substances was far from random; the chemical and physiological characteristics of each poison provide vital clues to…
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Agatha Christie used poison to kill her characters more often than any other crime fiction writer. The poison was a central part of the novel, and her choice of deadly substances was far from random; the chemical and physiological characteristics of each poison provide vital clues to…
| Издательство: | Bloomsbury USA |
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A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie — Кэтрин Харкуп, монография
ISBN: 147291130X
Год издания: 2015
Язык: Английский
320 р.
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