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Poison
The History of Potions, Powders and Murderous Practitioners
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Featuring a forward by bestselling author Sophie Hannah, 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.
Featuring a forward by bestselling author Sophie Hannah, 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.
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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.
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ISBN: 9781802796940
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 26 October 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Welbeck
Illustration: B&w illus
Contributors:
- Foreword by Sophie Hannah
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 22.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 164g
Pages: 224
About the Author
Ben Hubbard is a non-fiction author who has written extensively on history and science, including the recently published Bloody History of Paris, Flashpoints in 20th Century History and Plantagenets.
Sophie Hannah is an internationally bestselling writer of psychological crime fiction, published in 49 languages. Since 2014, with the blessing of Agatha Christie's family and estate, Hannah has published three new Poirot novels, all Sunday Times bestsellers. In 2013, her novel The Carrier won the Crime Thriller of the Year Award at the Specsavers National Book Awards.
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