Poison documents the talkes of users and victims of these mysterious substances.
Chronologically 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 art as old as human history itself. The Roman emperors used
poison liberally to dispose of rivals, guests at Renaissance dinner parties were
quietly assassinated