Agatha Christie And The Guilty Pleasure Of Poison
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Agatha Christie And The Guilty Pleasure Of Poison
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Author : Sylvia A. Pamboukian
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022
Agatha Christie And The Guilty Pleasure Of Poison written by Sylvia A. Pamboukian and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with categories.
Agatha Christie and the Guilty Pleasure of Poison examines Christie's female poisoners in the context of Christie's own experience in pharmacy and of detective fiction. In doing so, it uncovers an overlooked dynamic in which female poisoners deliver well-deserved comeuppance for gendered and classed wrongdoing ordinarily accepted in everyday life. While critics have long recognized male outlaws, like Robin Hood, who use crime to oppose a corrupt system, this book contends that female outlaws - witches and poisoners - offer a similar heritage of empowered femininity. Far from cozy and formulaic, Agatha Christie's outlaw poisoners offer readers the surprising pleasures of comeuppance, and they set the stage for contemporary detective fiction writers, more recent films depicting poisoning as empowering, and even poison gardens, which are tourist destinations that offer visitors the guilty pleasure of poison.
Agatha Christie And The Guilty Pleasure Of Poison
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Author : Sylvia A. Pamboukian
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2022-11-12
Agatha Christie And The Guilty Pleasure Of Poison written by Sylvia A. Pamboukian and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-12 with Literary Criticism categories.
Agatha Christie and the Guilty Pleasure of Poison examines Christie’s female poisoners in the context of Christie’s own experience in pharmacy and of detective fiction. In doing so, it uncovers an overlooked dynamic in which female poisoners deliver well-deserved comeuppance for gendered and classed wrongdoing ordinarily accepted in everyday life. While critics have long recognized male outlaws, like Robin Hood, who use crime to oppose a corrupt system, this book contends that female outlaws – witches and poisoners – offer a similar heritage of empowered femininity. Far from cozy and formulaic, Agatha Christie’s outlaw poisoners offer readers the surprising pleasures of comeuppance, and they set the stage for contemporary detective fiction writers, more recent films depicting poisoning as empowering, and even poison gardens, which are tourist destinations that offer visitors the guilty pleasure of poison.
Clues A Journal Of Detection Vol 42 No 1 Spring 2024
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Author : Caroline Reitz
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2024-05-17
Clues A Journal Of Detection Vol 42 No 1 Spring 2024 written by Caroline Reitz and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-17 with categories.
For over two decades, Clues has included the best scholarship on mystery and detective fiction. With a combination of academic essays and nonfiction book reviews, it covers all aspects of mystery and detective fiction material in print, television and movies. As the only American scholarly journal on mystery fiction, Clues is essential reading for literature and film students and researchers; popular culture aficionados; librarians; and mystery authors, fans and critics around the globe.
A Is For Arsenic
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Author : Kathryn Harkup
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
A Is For Arsenic written by Kathryn Harkup and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Large type books categories.
"Agatha Christie used poison to kill her characters more often than any other murder method, with the poison itself being a central part of the novel, and her choice of deadly substances was far from random; the chemical and physiological characteristics of each poison provide vital clues to discovery of the murderer. Christie demonstrated her extensive chemical knowledge in many of her novels, but this is rarely appreciated by the reader. 'A is for Arsenic' looks at why certain chemicals kill, how they interact with the body, and the feasibility of obtaining, administering and detecting these poisons, both at the time the novel was written and today."--Back cover.
A Trace Of Poison
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Author : Colleen Cambridge
language : en
Publisher: Kensington Books
Release Date : 2022-10-25
A Trace Of Poison written by Colleen Cambridge and has been published by Kensington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-25 with Fiction categories.
“Balances Downton Abbey–style period charm with a tight plot that twists and turns right until the end… a plot that would satisfy Poirot.” —Library Journal “Dame Agatha would be proud.” —Publishers Weekly In this captivating English murder mystery from an acclaimed author, Agatha Christie’s housekeeper must uncover the killer amongst a throng of crime writers. In England’s stately manor houses, murder is not generally a topic for polite conversation. Mallowan Hall, home to Agatha Christie and her husband, Max, is the exception. And housekeeper Phyllida Bright delights in discussing gory plot details with her friend and employer . . . The neighboring village of Listleigh has also become a hub of grisly goings-on, thanks to a Murder Fête organized to benefit a local orphanage. Members of The Detection Club—a group of celebrated authors such as G.K. Chesterton, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Agatha herself—will congregate for charitable events, including a writing contest for aspiring authors. The winner gets an international publishing contract, and entrants have gathered for a cocktail party—managed by the inimitable Phyllida—when murder strikes too close even for her comfort. It seems the victim imbibed a poisoned cocktail intended for Alastair Whittlesby, president of the local writers’ club. The insufferable Whittlesby is thought to be a shoo-in for the prize, and ambition is certainly a worthy motive. But narrowing down these suspects could leave even Phyllida’s favorite fictional detective, M. Poirot, twirling his mustache in frustration. It’s a mystery too intriguing for Phyllida to resist, but one fraught with duplicity and danger, for every guest is an expert in murder—and how to get away with it . . .
The Poisonous Solicitor
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Author : Stephen Bates
language : en
Publisher: Icon Books
Release Date : 2022-04-07
The Poisonous Solicitor written by Stephen Bates and has been published by Icon Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-07 with True Crime categories.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION 'METICULOUSLY RESEARCHED ... A GLORIOUSLY ENGAGING ROMP' JANICE HALLETT, THE SUNDAY TIMES 'IMMERSIVE AND COMPELLING' DAVID KYNASTON 'A PAGE-TURNER' ROBERT LACEY 'CAREFUL AND COMPELLING' KATE MORGAN 'YOU WILL READ IT IN ONE SITTING' MARC MULHOLLAND 'A REAL-LIFE GOLDEN-AGE CRIME NOVEL' SEAN O'CONNOR A brilliant narrative investigation into the 1920s case that inspired Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers and Margery Allingham. On a bleak Tuesday morning in February 1921, 48-year-old Katharine Armstrong died in her bedroom on the first floor of an imposing Edwardian villa overlooking the rolling hills of the isolated borderlands between Wales and England. Within fifteen months of such a sad domestic tragedy, her husband, Herbert Rowse Armstrong, would be arrested, tried and hanged for poisoning her with arsenic, the only solicitor ever to be executed in England. Armstrong's story was retold again and again, decade after decade, in a thousand newspaper articles across the world, and may have also inspired the new breed of popular detective writers seeking to create a cunning criminal at the centre of their thrillers. With all the ingredients of a classic murder mystery, the case is a near-perfect whodunnit. But who, in fact, did it? Was Armstrong really a murderer? One hundred years after the execution, Agatha-Award shortlisted Stephen Bates examines and retells the story of the case, evoking the period and atmosphere of the early 1920s, and questioning the fatal judgement.
The Mysterious Affair At Styles By Agatha Christie
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Author : Agatha Christie
language : en
Publisher: BEYOND BOOKS HUB
Release Date : 2021-01-01
The Mysterious Affair At Styles By Agatha Christie written by Agatha Christie and has been published by BEYOND BOOKS HUB this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-01 with Fiction categories.
♥♥The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie♥♥ Agatha Christie’s first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, was the result of a dare from her sister Madge who challenged her to write a story. The story begins when Hastings is sent back to England from the First World War due to injury and is invited to spend his sick leave at the beautiful Styles Court by his old friend John Cavendish. Here, Hastings meets John’s stepmother, Mrs. Inglethorp, and her new husband, Alfred. Despite the tranquil surroundings Hastings begins to realize that all is not right. When Mrs. Inglethorp is found poisoned, suspicion falls on the family, and another old friend, Hercule Poirot, is invited to investigate. ♥♥The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie♥♥ Agatha Christie’s first-ever murder mystery. With impeccable timing, Hercule Poirot, the renowned Belgian detective, makes his dramatic entrance onto the English crime stage. ♥♥The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie♥♥ Recently, there had been some strange goings-on at Styles St Mary. Evelyn, the constant companion to old Mrs. Inglethorp, had stormed out of the house muttering something about ‘a lot of sharks’. And with her, something indefinable had gone from the atmosphere. Her presence had spelt security; now the air seemed rife with suspicion and impending evil. ♥♥The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie♥♥ A shattered coffee cup, a splash of candle grease, a bed of begonias... all Poirot required to display his now legendary powers of detection. ♥♥The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie♥♥
A Trace Of Poison
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Author : Colleen Cambridge
language : en
Publisher: Sterling Mystery Series
Release Date : 2023-03
A Trace Of Poison written by Colleen Cambridge and has been published by Sterling Mystery Series this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03 with categories.
In England's stately manor houses, murder is not generally a topic for polite conversation. Mallowan Hall, home to Agatha Christie and her husband, Max, is the exception. And housekeeper Phyllida Bright delights in discussing gory plot details with her friend and employer . . .
The Poisonous Pen Of Agatha Christie
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Author : Michael C. Gerald
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993-06
The Poisonous Pen Of Agatha Christie written by Michael C. Gerald and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-06 with Literary Criticism categories.
Poisoning occurs in over half of Agatha Christie's many novels and stories. In fact, she used a larger number and broader selection of poisons and medicines, for a wider variety of purposes, with greater frequency, ingenuity, and scientific accuracy than any other detective fiction writer. Yet very little has been written on the use of drugs, poisons, and chemicals in Christie's fiction. The Poisonous Pen of Agatha Christie entertainingly and authoritatively fills this gap. Michael Gerald explores the use of poisons and drugs in Christie's fiction not only to commit murder and suicide but also to incapacitate a victim, alter behavior, treat disease, or support addiction. He also analyzes her views, as expressed in her fiction and autobiography, on drug addiction, tbe health professions, the value of medicines, and scientific discoveries. Especially valuable is Gerald's exhaustive listing of all drugs, poisons, and chemicals mentioned in Christie's novels and stories, with references to the work(s) in which each appears and the ways in which each is used. Other tables list all the novels and short stories and the chemicals that are used in each. Throughout, the properties of all drugs are clearly explained so that the reader needs no special scientific or medical knowledge. The Poisonous Pen of Agatha Christie illuminates the fictional uses Christie made of her real-life experiences as a hospital drug dispenser and as a provider of nursing care. It will be of interest to fans and scholars alike.
The Mysterious Affair At Styles
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Author : Agatha Christie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-01-27
The Mysterious Affair At Styles written by Agatha Christie and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-27 with categories.
An alleged murder by strychnine poisoning has occurred in a country house in the town of Styles St. Mary. The wealthy widow Emily Inglethorpe has died and any resident of the house, including her new young husband Andrew, or her stepchildren John and Lawrence, may have been the perpetrator. Hastings, a guest in the house, contacts his friend, the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, who has taken refuge in England during the First World War, to solve the case.