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The Royal Art Of Poison: Filthy Palaces, Fatal Cosmetics, Deadly Medicine, And Murder Most Foul
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One Of Washington Independent Review Of Books' 50 Favorite Books Of 2018 A Buzzfeed Best Book Of 2018Morbidly Witty. Marilyn Stasio, The New York TimesA Heady Mix Of Erudite History And Delicious Gossip. Aja Raden, Author Of Stonedhugely Entertaining, A Work Of Pop History That Traces The Use Of Poison As A Politicaland Cosmetictool In The Royal Courts Of Western Europe From The Middle Ages To The Kremlin Todaythe Story Of Poison Is The Story Of Power. For Centuries, Royal Families Have Feared The Gutroiling, Vomitinducing Agony Of A Little Something Added To Their Food Or Wine By An Enemy. To Avoid Poison, They Depended On Tasters, Unicorn Horns, And Antidotes Tested On Condemned Prisoners. Servants Licked The Royal Familys Spoons, Tried On Their Underpants And Tested Their Chamber Pots.Ironically, Royals Terrified Of Poison Were Unknowingly Poisoning Themselves Daily With Their Cosmetics, Medications, And Filthy Living Conditions. Women Wore Makeup Made With Mercury And Lead. Men Rubbed Turds On Their Bald Spots. Physicians Prescribed Mercury Enemas, Arsenic Skin Cream, Drinks Of Lead Filings, And Potions Of Human Fat And Skull, Fresh From The Executioner. The Most Gorgeous Palaces Were Little Better Than Filthy Latrines. Gazing At Gorgeous Portraits Of Centuries Past, We Dont See What Lies Beneath The Royal Robes And The Stench Of Unwashed Bodies; The Lice Feasting On Private Parts; And Worms Nesting In The Intestines.In The Royal Art Of Poison, Eleanor Herman Combines Her Unique Access To Royal Archives With Cuttingedge Forensic Discoveries To Tell The True Story Of Europes Glittering Palaces: One Of Medical Bafflement, Poisonous Cosmetics, Everpresent Excrement, Festering Natural Illness, And, Sometimes, Murder.
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