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Poison

The History of Potions, Powders and Murderous Practitioners

Ben Hubbard
Barcode 9780233006116
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Release Date: 03/10/2019

Genre: Science Nature & Math
Sub-Genre: Medicine
Label: Welbeck
Contributors: Sophie Hannah (Foreword by)
Language: English
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group

The History of Potions, Powders and Murderous Practitioners
Chronologically recounting the story of history's silent assassin, Poison documents the gripping tales of the users and victims of these mysterious substances, from Cleopatra, the Borgias and Qin Shi Huang to contemporary secret service agents and terrorists.

"As every amateur toxicologist knows, the difference between a poison and medicine is often simply the dose."

There is no weapon as insidious, as seductive or as mysterious as poison. In this terrifying account of history's silent assassin, discover the gripping tales of users, abusers and victims of these mysterious substances, from Cleopatra and Catherine de' Medici to contemporary secret service agents and terrorists.

Documenting royal scandal, political upheaval and personal tragedies, Poison details a gruesome thread that runs often undetected through human history.