Author: Louisa Stuart CostelloPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1070
Book Description
The Queen's Poisoner, Or, France in the Sixteenth Century
Author: Louisa Stuart CostelloPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1070
Book Description
Criminal Poisoning
Author: John H. Trestrail, IIIPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1597452564
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
In this revised and expanded edition, leading forensic scientist John Trestrail offers a pioneering survey of all that is known about the use of poison as a weapon in murder. Topics range from the use of poisons in history and literature to convicting the poisoner in court, and include a review of the different types of poisons, techniques for crime scene investigation, and the critical essentials of the forensic autopsy. The author updates what is currently known about poisoners in general and their victims. The Appendix has been updated to include the more commonly used poisons, as well as the use of antifreeze as a poison.
Bulletin
Author: Boston Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Quarterly accession lists; beginning with Apr. 1893, the bulletin is limited to "subject lists, special bibliographies, and reprints or facsimiles of original documents, prints and manuscripts in the Library," the accessions being recorded in a separate classified list, Jan.-Apr. 1893, a weekly bulletin Apr. 1893-Apr. 1894, as well as a classified list of later accessions in the last number published of the bulletin itself (Jan. 1896)
Bulletin of the Public Library of the City of Boston
Author: Boston Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Louisa Stuart Costello
Author: Clare Broome SaundersPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137340126
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Louisa Stuart Costello (1799-1870) was a critically acclaimed poet, novelist, travel writer, historian, and artist. Here, Broom Saunders provides a wealth of extracts from her diverse writings, a rich source of information about the pioneering career of a professional woman writer, and insight into a nineteenth-century writing life.
Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: A List of the Principal Publications Issued from New Burlington Street
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
Catalogue of Books
Author: John TaylorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The Longman Companion to Victorian Fiction
Author: John SutherlandPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131786333X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 734
Book Description
With over 900 biographical entries, more than 600 novels synopsized, and a wealth of background material on the publishers, reviewers and readers of the age the Longman Companion to Victorian Fiction is the fullest account of the period's fiction ever published. Now in a second edition, the book has been revised and a generous selection of images have been chosen to illustrate various aspects of Victorian publishing, writing, and reading life. Organised alphabetically, the information provided will be a boon to students, researchers and all lovers of reading. The entries, though concise, meet the high standards demanded by modern scholarship. The writing - marked by Sutherland's characteristic combination of flair, clarity and erudition - is of such a high standard that the book is a joy to read, as well as a definitive work of reference.
The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction
Author: John SutherlandPublisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804718424
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 708
Book Description
An engaging guide to a rich literary heritage, The Stanford Companion presents a fascinating parade of novels, authors, publishers, editors, reviewers, illustrators, and periodicals that created the culture of Victorian fiction. Its more than 6,000 alphabetical entries provide an incomparable range of useful and little-known source material, its scholarship enlivened by the author's wit and candor.