The Royal Art of Poison: Filthy Palaces, Fatal Cosmetics, Deadly Medicine, and Murder Most Foul 0715653121, 9780715653128

The story of poison is the story of power. For centuries, royal families have feared the gut-roiling, vomit-inducing ago

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English Pages 320 Year 2018

The Royal Art of Poison: Filthy Palaces, Fatal Cosmetics, Deadly Medicine, and Murder Most Foul
0715653121, 9780715653128

"M. William Phelps dares to tread where few others will: into the mind of a killer." -"TV Rage"At th

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Confronting murder in the newspaper, on screen, and in sensational trials, we often feel the killer is fundamentally inc

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Royal scandal, set against the background of the Jacobean court, involving love, bribery, poison, treachery and black ma

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An incisive and startling international review of the evolution of dentistry from the Bronze Age to the present day, pre

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More breathtaking than any fairy tale, here are seven scandalous, seductive centuries of all-for-love royal desire . . .

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*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the construction and history of the palaces *Includes a bibliography for furt

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This book offers the first in-depth study of one of the most gripping trials of inter-war Britain, that of farmer’s wife

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An accusation of attempted murder rudely interrupted Mary Arnold’s dalliances with working men and her extensive shoppin

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The result is a vivid tale that will change minds about life in supposedly prim and proper New England.

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