A Basilisk Glance: Poisoners from Plato to Putin by Templer, Robert

A Basilisk Glance: Poisoners from Plato to Putin

Poison-- invisible, unknown, hard to detect and deadly-- taps into hard-wired anxieties about the risks of the...
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Author: Robert Templer
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A Basilisk Glance: Poisoners from Plato to Putin by Templer, Robert

A Basilisk Glance: Poisoners from Plato to Putin

€15,77

A Basilisk Glance: Poisoners from Plato to Putin

€15,77
Author: Robert Templer
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Poison-- invisible, unknown, hard to detect and deadly-- taps into hard-wired anxieties about the risks of the world around us. From ancient times to the modern age, it has always created more fear than any other threats. In A Basilisk Glance: Poisoners from Plato to Putin, author Robert Templer takes us through the dark maze of poison. He traces its path from when Hercules dipped his arrows in the blood from the severed head of the Hydra to the use of chemical weapons in the Iran-Iraq War in 1980s, from the death of Socrates to the use of toxins as a weapon of assassination, from the mass suicide of Jonestown in 1979 to the sarin attack in the Tokyo metro system. Today, as the war in Ukraine rages, we are reminded of the use of radioactive and nerve weapons by Russian President Vladimir Putin to kill his opponents. His targets-- like other victims of poison through the ages-- know that they are never safe; a cup of tea, a door handle or even their own underwear might be tainted with a deadly toxin. In this panoramic survey, Templer also shows how history is littered with the bodies of those killed for poisoning or being seen as poisonous. Pogroms against Jews, the burning of witches an

Author: Robert Templer
Publisher: Bui Jones Limited
Published: 09/03/2024
Pages: 448
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.00w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9781739424343

About the Author
Robert Templer is a journalist, writer, lecturer and policy consultant. He was educated at Cambridge and the University of London. His book, Shadows and Wind: A View of Modern Vietnam, was highly acclaimed. Today he lives in Barcelona.

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