Replete with royal conspiracies as venomous as the toxins they used to obtain power, beauty and revenge
Eleanor Herman is known as the "Sherlock Holmes of history" and is the author of several works of popular history including Sex with Kings and Sex with the Queens. She has hosted Lost Worlds for The History Channel and The Madness of Henry VIII for the National Geographic Channel. Herman, who happily dresses in Renaissance gowns any chance she gets, lives with her husband, dog and her four very dignified cats.
'In her gruesome book… Herman explores assassinations and stories
of poison… and questions if some stories of death by poison could
be inaccurate… truly scary' Daily Mail, Book of the
Week
'The Royal Art of Poison by Eleanor Herman will, for once in your
life, make you happy you are not a princess or a queen or someone
who lives in a palace. The book is amazing and really makes me
wonder how we've managed to survive. It will make you glad to be in
your own home' Forbes 'Books to Travel With for the
Holidays'
'Reads like juicy historical gossip, looking at the ways royals
throughout history have been poisoned — not only by others, but
often, unwittingly, by themselves' BuzzFeed 'The Ultimate Book
Gift Guide'
'Agatha Christie's spirit must be loving this poisonous new
historical entertainment' Spectator
'This fantastic work combines morbid curiosity and royal gossip. In
it, readers will not only find out about who could've poisoned
whom, but also why and with what. Lovers of Tudor history, costume
dramas, and high fantasy will rejoice' Washington Independent
Review of Books, 50 Favourite Books of 2018
'Herman has a delightful appreciation for all things beautiful and
terrible. With her dishy signature style and a dazzling command of
the facts, she brews up a heady mix of erudite history and
delicious gossip' Aja Raden, New York Times bestselling author
of Stoned
'Whether deliberate, accidental or the result of an antidote, the
gruesome outcome of ingestion of toxins is deftly described in The
Royal Art of Poison. Add political intrigue, disgusting sanitation,
ubiquitous filth, horrendous medical procedures, and every sort of
vermin and you get a very different picture to what we romantically
assume to be the 'good old days' Penny Le Couteur, author of
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