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The Bitter Taste of Power. A History of Poisoning and Other Attempts on the Lives of Rulers of Antiquity and the Middle Ages

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Poison was rubbed into gloves, saddles and icons, applied to cutlery and toothpicks, poured on books, handkerchiefs and fruits on trees, mixed with candle wax, etc. Not to mention such trivialities as poisoned wine or poisoned melon. And all this for the sake of power. Igor Simbirtsev's book - equally instructive and entertaining - is primarily about how weak a man is in confronting his vices, as he goes to fame and fortune, on the way sometimes losing everything human. Before us are dozens of stories of rulers of antiquity and the Middle Ages, who killed and became victims themselves. Stupefied by the smell of power, they aspired to the throne, and having reached the coveted goal, often threw themselves into all sorts of mischief and slowly (but sometimes quickly!) killed themselves with alcohol and drugs. The cases of some of them are still of interest to forensic experts, and you can read about them in this book.
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