Poison Romance And Poison Mysteries: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Poison Romance And Poison Mysteries, credited to Charles John Samuel Thompson, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Poison Romance And Poison Mysteries by Charles John Samuel Thompson. Read in English by David Wales A writer and physician, Charles John Samuel Thompson wrote several works on poisons which are still consulted today. He is especially informative on early historical poisons. This book discusses many cases of poisoning, famous and not so, as well as various topics on poisons and poisoning. - Summary by david wales

Recording facts

• Recording title: Poison Romance And Poison Mysteries
• Author credits: Charles John Samuel Thompson
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 25
• Listed recording duration: 5:05:46

Catalogue topics

• Great Britain
• United States
• nineteenth century
• poisons
• poisoners
• poisoning
• twentieth century

Opening tracks: first 24 of 25

1. 00 - Prefaces — 1:54
2. 01 - Chap 1 Poisons of Antiquity — 27:38
3. 02 - Chap 2 Poisons and Superstition — 12:48
4. 03 - Chap 3 Royal And Historic Poisoners — 21:08
5. 04 - Chap 4 Professional Poisoners — 25:47
6. 05 - Chap 5 Poisoning Plots — 5:43
7. 06 - Chap 6 Concerning Arsenic — 9:18
8. 07 - Chap 7 The Strange Case Of Madame Lafarge — 10:31
9. 08 - Chap 8 The Case Of Madeline Smith — 5:14
10. 09 - Chap 9 The Maybrick Case — 12:47
11. 10 - Chap 10 About Aconite And Hemlock — 9:34
12. 11 - Chap 11 The Case Of Dr. Lamson — 3:25
13. 12 - Chap 12 The Bravo Mystery — 12:49
14. 13 - Chap 13 The Case Of Dr. Pritchard — 11:14
15. 14 - Chap 14 The Pimlico Mystery — 12:58
16. 15 - Chap 15 The Rugeley Mystery — 14:00
17. 16 - Chap 16 Opium Eating And Smoking - Mescal Buttons — 14:34
18. 17 - Chap 17 Hashish And Hashish Eaters — 14:18
19. 18 - Chap 18 Tobacco Lore — 10:49
20. 19 - Chap 19 Poison Habits — 10:46
21. 20 - Chap 20 Poisons In Fiction — 18:05
22. 21 - Chap 21 The Lambeth Poison Mysteries — 9:49
23. 22 - Chap 22 The Horsford Case — 5:56
24. 23 - Chap 23 The Great American Poison Mystery — 8:53

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