The Inheritor's Powder by Sandra Hempel
A story of family rivalry, drunken policemen and bungling coroners, THE INHERITOR'S POWDER reveals the fear surrounding arsenic poisoning in Victorian Britain and the hunt for a test to prove it. THE SUSPICIONS OF MR WHICHER meets Victorian science!
Sandra Hempel is an engaging writer, adept at distilling tricky science-- Kate Colquhoun * SUNDAY TIMES *
Sandra Hempel is an engaging writer, adept at distilling tricky science. -- Kate Colquhoun * SUNDAY TIMES *
Sandra Hempel is an engaging writer, adept at distilling tricky science. -- Kate Colquhoun * SUNDAY TIMES *
Sandra Hempel is a journalist and author who specialises in health and social issues. She has written for a wide variety of popular newspapers and magazines, including THE TIMES, THE SUNDAY TIMES and THE MAIL ON SUNDAY, as well as specialist publications. Her first book THE MEDICAL DETECTIVE - which tells the story of one doctor's fight to stop the killer cholera epidemics that devastated nineteenth century Britain - won the Medical Journalists' Association Book Award and the British Medical Association Book Award for the public understanding of science.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780297867425 |
| ISBN 10 | 0297867423 |
| Title | The Inheritor's Powder |
| Author | Sandra Hempel |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 2013-06-13 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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