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

By Eleanor Herman
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By Eleanor Herman
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A morbidly witty and erudite work of pop history that traces the use of poison as a political and cosmetic tool in the royal courts of Western Europe.

In The Royal Art of Poison, Eleanor Herman combines her unique access to royal archives with cutting-edge forensic discoveries to tell the true story of Europe's glittering palaces: one of medical bafflement, poisonous cosmetics, ever-present excrement, festering natural illness, and, sometimes, murder.

For centuries, royal families have fear...

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