Sandra Hempel

Books

Controlling Women

The Untold Story of Britain's First Female Police Force
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Sandra's new book, Controlling Women: The Untold Story of Britain's First Female Police Force, is a compelling history of the women who started their own police force in 1914 - as war, social upheaval and gender injustice gripped the UK.

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The Atlas of Disease

Mapping Deadly Epidemics and Contagion from the Plague to the Coronavirus

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Behind every killer disease there’s a story to be told.

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The Inheritor's Powder

A Tale of Arsenic, Murder, and the New Forensic Science
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A nice, nasty little murder in an obscure English village and a huge leap forward for forensics.

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The Medical Detective

John Snow, Cholera And The Mystery Of The Broad Street Pump
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Millions died across the world because no one would listen.

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