A review by bakunzi1990
Poison: The History of Potions, Powders and Murderous Practitioners by Ben Hubbard

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

5.0

One of the best informative books I've read. It took me 3 months to read this book. I took extensive notes from secondary sources as well. But I highly recommend it not only for the information on the poisons themselves but also for the history and stories that are connected to the said poisons. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, War, Violence, Torture, Suicide, and Slavery

Minor: Classism, Death, Genocide, Gore, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Abortion, Excrement, Murder, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Hate crime, Medical content, Animal death, Cancer, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, and War