The Poison Principle by Gail Bell: photo of the front cover which shows very minor scuff marks along the edges.
The Poison Principle by Gail Bell: photo of the first page, at the bottom of which the author has written "Dear Edna, it's a Leo thing, Love Gail Bell, June 2001" in black pen.
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The Poison Principle by Gail Bell (Paperback, 2001) Signed Copy

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The Poison Principle by Gail Bell (Signed)

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 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.

 

 Paperback | 276 pages

Dimensions (cm): 19.8 x 12.8  x 1.9 | 228g

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 Pan Macmillan Australia

 Sydney, Australia

 English

ISBN10: 0330362682

ISBN13: 9780330362689

 

Condition: Good 

A vintage book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover, including very minimal scuff marks, but no holes or tears. All pages are undamaged, with very minimal creasing but no tearing. No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text. The author has written a message for a previous owner and signed and dated the first page in black pen (see pic. 2).  No writing in margins. No missing pages.