THE COWARD'S WEAPON

Hardback. This book tells the stories of the poisoners : the deadly dancing girls of ancient India; political poisoning of ancient Rome; the regrettable habits of the Borgia family; dirty doings at the Court of King James I of England; a crop of very uneminent Victorians and many more. Illus., Bibliog., Glossary and Index. 192pp. 8vo. h/back. F. in Nr. F. dw.