{"product_id":"poisoned-homes-family-fortune-and-the-domestic-murders-britain-tried-not-to-see-9798196791550","title":"Poisoned Homes: Family, Fortune and the Domestic Murders Britain Tried Not to See","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Julian Maddox\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Criminals \u0026amp; Outlaws\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBritish true crime history told through the poisoned kitchens, sickrooms, marriages and inheritance battles of the British home.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOISONED HOMES\u003c\/b\u003e is a dark, documentary collection of British domestic murder cases where poison was not brought in from the outside world - it was already inside the house, disguised as tea, medicine, food, care, money or family duty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom Victorian arsenic scandals and inheritance murders to Edwardian courtrooms, suspected black widows, poisoned spouses, disputed verdicts and forensic breakthroughs, Julian Maddox examines how Britain's most private spaces became crime scenes - and how investigators learned to read illness, routine and domestic trust as evidence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese are not simple stories of villains and victims. They are cases of access, intimacy, class, gender, property, medical uncertainty and the terrible power of being trusted inside someone else's home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInside this book, you will discover: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBritish poison murder cases\u003c\/b\u003e involving husbands, wives, relatives, lodgers, carers and household dependants.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eVictorian and Edwardian true crime\u003c\/b\u003e shaped by arsenic, medicines, rat poison, inheritance and domestic suspicion.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eForensic history\u003c\/b\u003e showing how toxicology, exhumation, post-mortems and courtroom medicine changed murder trials.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eContested verdicts and legal uncertainty\u003c\/b\u003e, where suspicion, motive and chemistry did not always produce a simple answer.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNarrative non-fiction\u003c\/b\u003e written with documentary restraint, historical context and respect for victims.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn these homes, murder did not always arrive with violence at the door. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSometimes it was poured into a cup.\u003cbr\u003eSometimes it was mixed into food.\u003cbr\u003eSometimes it was called medicine.\u003cbr\u003eSometimes it was offered by the person no one thought to fear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor readers of British true crime, historical murder cases, Victorian crime, forensic history and dark narrative non-fiction, \u003cb\u003ePOISONED HOMES\u003c\/b\u003e reveals how family, fortune and domestic trust became some of the most dangerous forces in British criminal history.","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47892608581783,"sku":"9798196791550","price":1368.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798196791550.webp?v=1781187717","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/poisoned-homes-family-fortune-and-the-domestic-murders-britain-tried-not-to-see-9798196791550","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}