Ben Hubbard: Poison: The History of Potions, Powders and Murderous Practitioners [2019] hardback SSCFI Sir Martin Gilbert's authoritative text

Sir Martin Gilbert's authoritative text is supplemented by more than 150 photographs and maps

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Ben Hubbard: Poison: The History of Potions, Powders and Murderous Practitioners [2019] hardback SSCFI Sir Martin Gilbert's authoritative textChronologically recounting the story of history's silent assassin, 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. Profiles of the most commonly used toxins of each era reveal how the power hungry, the dangerous and the desperate have harnessed these natural killers to achieve their ends. Poisoning is a dark