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Poison: A Social History : An Illustrated History of Poison or Poisoners, Hardback Book

Poison: A Social History : An Illustrated History of Poison or Poisoners Hardback

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From Greek philosophers to former Russian spies, the use of poison as a means of ending a life - whether through assassination, murder, suicide, or execution - has a history stretching back over 2,000 years.

Even before Socrates accepted his fate by drinking hemlock, countless people must have died as a result of ingesting naturally occurring poisons. And yet poisonous materials often also have beneficial properties: hydrogen fluoride, for example, is highly toxic to humans, but is also a vital component in the production of herbicides, pharmaceuticals, and fluorescent light bulbs. "Poison: a Social History" explores the nature of toxicity and reveals how poison has played a crucial and often unheralded role - for good and for bad - in human history.

As well as examining a range of poisonous materials, it also contains case studies of famous, and infamous, poisonings.

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