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The Royal Art of Poison: Filthy Palaces, Fatal Cosmetics, Deadly Medicine, and Murder Most Foul by Eleanor Herman
2 reviews
freyacat's review against another edition
dark
informative
medium-paced
3.0
This book is gross - fascinating, informative, but gross. The author does an excellent job bringing to life a variety of historical figures who may, or may not, have been poisoned. She describes in explicit details the living conditions and medical practices of the Medieval period. These conditions and practices are disgusting. So if you have a sensitive stomach, this may not be the book for you.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, and Medical content
Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Excrement, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, and Pandemic/Epidemic
witchleaves's review against another edition
dark
funny
informative
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug use, Infertility, Excrement, Vomit, and Medical content
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Classism