Poisons. The Complete History. From Arsenic to "Novichok"

“Everything is poison, and nothing is devoid of toxicity, only the dose makes the poison inconspicuous,” said Paracelsus, the famous natural scientist and physician of the Renaissance. Fatal pages of cruel poisoning are inscribed in the chronicle of humanity. The ancient world, the Renaissance, the age of enlightenment, modernity ... At any time, poisonous substances became the weapon of panties and villains, fanatics and maniacs, executioners and tops of fate. All this is reflected in a unique book - the first complete history of poisons. Her heroes are Cleopatra and Nero, Socrates and Hannibal, Gorky and Zola, Stalin and Peter I ... And the scene of this endless, cruel and exciting performance is the whole world