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“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.

From the Publisher

Poisoning is a dark art as old as human history itself.

Opium is a narcotic drug from the sap of seed pods from the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum).

Atropa belladonna is a member of the nightshade family and is commonly known as deadly nightshade.

The dreadful history of poisoning goes back to our beginnings and is still on the world stage.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Welbeck Publishing (September 1, 2020)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 176 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0233006117
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0233006116
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 15 years and up
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.75 x 0.25 x 9.25 inches