Poison: A History: An Account of the Deadly Art and Its Most Infamous Practitioners

by Jenni Davis

Poison: A History lifts the lid on 30 notorious cases of poisoning--riveting accounts ranging from Roman poisoning epidemics to the shocking antics of toxic aristocrats in 16th-century Florence and 17th-century Versailles, all the way up to the murder of Alexander Litvinenko by means of a polonium-laced cup of tea in 2006.

Cases of intentional poisoning have likely been occurring since early humans discovered that a sour aftertaste...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0785835881
• ISBN13: 9780785835882
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Chartwell Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.6" x 9.8"