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The Royal Art of Poison

Hardcover • 2018 • 1. edition

The Royal Art of Poison

By Eleanor Herman

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About the book

The story of poison is the story of power....For centuries, royal families have feared the gut-roiling, vomit-inducing agony of a little something added to their food or wine by an enemy. To avoid poison, they depended on tasters, unicorn horns and antidotes tested on condemned prisoners. Servants licked the royal family's spoons, tried on their underpants and tested their chamber pots.Ironically, royals terrified of poison were unknowingly poisoning themselves daily with their cosmetics, medica...Show more

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ISBN

9780715653128

Publisher

Prelude

Published year

2018

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1

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The Royal Art of Poison

Format

Hardcover

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