A is for Arsenic

the poisons of Agatha Christie

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320 pages

English language

Published June 15, 2015

ISBN:
978-1-4729-1130-8
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OCLC Number:
898419172

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Investigates the poisons Christie employs in fourteen of her mysteries, discussing why the poisons kill, how they interact, obtainability of such poisons, and which cases may have inspired Christie's stories.

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reviewed A is for Arsenic by Kathryn Harkup

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It was a bit slow at times and I'm sure I'd have enjoyed it more, if I had read the Agatha Christie novels beforehand, but I liked the science and real-life murder stories. Not going to land on my favourite-science-shelf, though, as I once again realised, that chemistry just isn't the science for me.

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Subjects

  • Poisons
  • Chemical warfare
  • Popular works
  • Knowledge
  • Poisons in literature