Illustrated talk on Smethurst's Luck...

The talk is extracted from the book and covers the following topics:

• Thomas Smethurst's family background and education
• 'The Water Cure'
• Smethurst is converted to the merits of the Water Cure
• He meets Isabella Bankes
• They marry and she falls ill and dies
• Smethurst is convicted of murdering Isabella with poison and is sentenced to death
• Outcry in the press: equivocal medical evidence, bungled toxicology and a biased judge...

​Some slides from the talk...