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About product Immerse yourself in a fascinating journey through the pages of history, where the destinies of kings and queens, philosophers and soothsayers, leaders and politicians of our time are decided. Abstract «Everything is poison, and nothing is devoid of poisonousness; only one dose makes the poison invisible», — said the famous naturalist and physician of the Renaissance, Paracelsus. The fatal pages of cruel poisoning are inscribed in the annals of mankind. The ancient world, the Renaissance, the Age of Enlightenment, modernity … At any time, poisonous substances became the weapon of cowards and scoundrels, fanatics and maniacs, executioners and arbiters of destinies. All this is reflected in a unique book — the first complete history of poisons. Its heroes are Cleopatra and Nero, Socrates and Hannibal, Gorky and Zola, Stalin and Peter I … And the scene of this endless, cruel and exciting performance is the whole world. …
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