A review by ameyawarde
The Royal Art of Poison: Filthy Palaces, Fatal Cosmetics, Deadly Medicine, and Murder Most Foul by Eleanor Herman

5.0

This was an almost fun book for a topic that is actually quite dark. It talked about ways that people through history had been poisoned (accidentally or on purpose) throughout history. I liked how it went over a number of cases (if I'm remember it right, it's been a few weeks?) where people thought they had been poisoned by an assassin but it had been something else, as well as cases where it seems they were correct. It felt a bit detectivey in parts and before long I was making guesses like an arsenic expert. And of course all the cases of doctors accidentally killing their patients and people killing themselves accidentally via cosmetics as well was sad, but interesting. It's amazing how ignorant our species can be, even with evidence right in front of our eyes!