The book cover of 'Poison: The History of Poisons, Powder and Murderous Practitioners' by Ben Hubbard, featuring a dark charcoal background adorned with vintage botanical illustrations of poison ivy, foxglove, mushrooms, ants, and poison dart frogs.

POISON: THE HISTORY OF POTIONS, POWDERS AND MURDEROUS PRACTITIONERS

Sale price  $19.47 Regular price $29.95
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The book cover of 'Poison: The History of Poisons, Powder and Murderous Practitioners' by Ben Hubbard, featuring a dark charcoal background adorned with vintage botanical illustrations of poison ivy, foxglove, mushrooms, ants, and poison dart frogs.

POISON: THE HISTORY OF POTIONS, POWDERS AND MURDEROUS PRACTITIONERS

Sale price  $19.47 Regular price $29.95

“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.

  • 176 pages
  • Hardcover

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