Poison (eBook)

The History of Potions, Powders and Murderous Practitioners

Ben Hubbard (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
208 Seiten
Headline (Verlag)
978-1-80279-695-7 (ISBN)

Infos

"e;As every amateur toxicologist knows, the difference between a poison and medicine is often simply the dose."e;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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.10.2023
• Vorwort: Sophie Hannah
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: Ancient history • Anthrax • aresenic • Assasination • Brewing • Chloroform • Cleopatra • cyanide • dark arts • death by poison • Elements • elixirs • Famous murderers • famous murders • hemlock • historical figures • History • history of medicine • history of poison • Jonestown • Killers • Medical History • Medicine • Medicine History • Mercury • modern poisoning • Murder • murder by poison • murderers • Nature • Occult • Opium • Poison • poisoning • Poisonous plants • potions • Qin Shi Huang • Rasputin • real life crime • ricin • Salem witch trials • Science • Secret Service • Spies • Spy • terrorists • the borgias • Toxic • toxicologist • Toxicology • toxins • True Crime • Witch • Witches
• ISBN-10: 1-80279-695-9 / 1802796959
• ISBN-13: 978-1-80279-695-7 / 9781802796957