Fascinating mixture of science, medical history and true crime. Dr Neil Bradbury investigates poisons and their effects on humans at a cellular level. You will find real stories about poisons: how they pass through the human body and what happens to this body. The history of poisons is inseparable from the history of mankind. Insidious, deadly, pathologically attractive poisons have accompanied us since time immemorial, becoming an instrument of revenge, companions of love twists and turns and mysterious deaths. Poisons overthrew monarchies and made destinies, were reflected in art and for centuries belonged to secret knowledge. Natural and man-made, slow and carrying rapid death, noticeable and those that are difficult to detect. The author considers each poisonous substance in this book through the prism of history and crimes committed.