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Written in Blood

by Colin Wilson
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Extraordinary accounts of forensic crime detection—from poisoners in ancient Rome to modern day serial killers—by the bestselling author of The Outsider.
 
In 44 BC, a Roman doctor named Antistius performed the first autopsy recorded in history—on the corpse of murder victim Julius Caesar. However, not until the nineteenth century did the systematic application of scientific knowledge to crime detection seriously begin, so that the tiniest scrap of evidence might yield astonishing results—like the single horsehair that betrayed the murderer in New York’s 1936 puzzling and sensational Nancy Titterton case.
 
Many such dramatic tales appear in this updated edition of the most gripping catalog of crimes by acclaimed criminologist Colin Wilson. The book follows the progress of forensic science from the first cases of suspected arsenic poisoning right up to investigations using an impressive armory of high-tech methods: ballistic analysis, blood typing, voice printing, textile analysis, psychological profiling and genetic fingerprinting.
 
“Colin Wilson has made himself the Philosopher-King of forensic speculation, the Diderot of the path labs.” —The Times Literary Supplement
 
“Will enthrall connoisseurs of violent crime.” —The Glasgow Herald
 
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Publisher: Diversion Books

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  • Release date: September 1, 2018

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  • ISBN: 9781626818682
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  • ISBN: 9781626818682
  • File size: 6976 KB
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History True Crime Nonfiction

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Extraordinary accounts of forensic crime detection—from poisoners in ancient Rome to modern day serial killers—by the bestselling author of The Outsider.
 
In 44 BC, a Roman doctor named Antistius performed the first autopsy recorded in history—on the corpse of murder victim Julius Caesar. However, not until the nineteenth century did the systematic application of scientific knowledge to crime detection seriously begin, so that the tiniest scrap of evidence might yield astonishing results—like the single horsehair that betrayed the murderer in New York’s 1936 puzzling and sensational Nancy Titterton case.
 
Many such dramatic tales appear in this updated edition of the most gripping catalog of crimes by acclaimed criminologist Colin Wilson. The book follows the progress of forensic science from the first cases of suspected arsenic poisoning right up to investigations using an impressive armory of high-tech methods: ballistic analysis, blood typing, voice printing, textile analysis, psychological profiling and genetic fingerprinting.
 
“Colin Wilson has made himself the Philosopher-King of forensic speculation, the Diderot of the path labs.” —The Times Literary Supplement
 
“Will enthrall connoisseurs of violent crime.” —The Glasgow Herald
 
Expand title description text
History True Crime Nonfiction
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Diversion Books

    Kindle Book
    Release date: September 1, 2018

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781626818682
    File size: 6797 KB
    Release date: September 1, 2018

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781626818682
    File size: 6976 KB
    Release date: September 1, 2018

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  • Formats
    Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
  • Languages
    English
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