About this Event
Agatha Christie is renowned for her captivating plots and creative ways of killing off ill-fated victims. And what better way to add intrigue to a story than poison? The surreptitious ways they can be administered, the characteristic symptoms they produce and the difficulty in detecting these killer chemicals make them perfect for a ‘whodunit’. But how is it that some compounds prove so fatal, and in such tiny amounts? This talk investigates the science behind a few of Christie's more unusual choices of deadly substances, their use in real-life M**der cases, and how feasible it was to obtain, administer and detect these poisons in Christie’s time and today.
Dr. Kathryn Harkup is a former chemist turned writer and science communicator. She is interested in all things gothic, gory and geeky. She has written many books outlining the crossovers between science, literature and pop culture including The Secret Lives of the Elements, The Secret Lives of Molecules, A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie, Her latest book is V is for Venom: Agatha Christie’s Chemicals of Death.
Ticket includes light refreshments.
This event is kindly sponsered by the Friends of Wallasey Library.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Wallasey Central Library, 17 Earlston Road, Wallasey, United Kingdom
GBP 5.00
