A review by magikskydad
The Royal Art of Poison: Filthy Palaces, Fatal Cosmetics, Deadly Medicine, and Murder Most Foul by Eleanor Herman
challenging
dark
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Cannibalism, Excrement, Infidelity, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Incest, Infertility, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Addiction, Body horror, Classism, Drug use, Gore, and Vomit
This book is a historical work that describes the history of poisoning. It is incredibly informative.
Sometimes it is gory and traffic but it’s totally worth the read if your interested in the history of royalty, or the darker and stranger working of medicine.