Ben Hubbard

As every amateur toxicologist knows the difference between a poison and medicine is often simply the dose There is no weapon as insidious as seductive or as mysterious as poison In this terrifying account of history s silent assassin discover the gripping tales of users abusers and victims of these mysterious substances from Cleopatra and Catherine de Medici to contemporary secret service agents and terrorists Documenting royal scandal political upheaval and personal tragedies Poison details a gruesome thread that runs often undetected through human history

The true nature of the Japanese samurai warrior is an elusive and endlessly fascinating enigma for those in the West. From their inauspicious beginnings as barbarian-subduing soldiers, the samurai lived according to a code known as bushido - or way of the warrior. Bushido- advocated loyalty, honour, pride and fearlessness in combat. Those who broke the code were expected to perform seppuku, or suicide through stomach-cutting. By its very design, seppuku aimed to restore honour to disgraced warriors by ensuring the most painful of deaths. However, the bushido- virtues of loyalty and honour fell into question as the samurai grew powerful enough to wrest control from the emperor himself. Accompanied by vivid colour illustrations, The Samurai offers a complete, concise account of samurai history and culture. It tells the story of the rise of the samurai as a martial elite, the warriors centuries long struggle for power and their long slide into obsolescence.

En este libro encontrarás la historia de Hugo, un joven campesino enviado por su padre a un castillo para convertirse en caballero. Primero trabajará como paje y servirá banquetes a invitados y juglares, luego se formara como escudero y asistira a un torneo, y por ultimo, sera nombrado caballero. Entretanto, vivira el ataque de un ejercito enemigo que intenta derribar los muros con catapultas o penetrar a traves de las almenas con ayuda de una torre de asedio. Recrea este ataque, participa en las valientes azañas de Hugo por proteger a los que se han refugiado en el castillo y conviertete en un autentico caballero medieval.Gran cantidad de detalles40 figuras para completar tus historias

Este libro nos lleva en un viaje a través de la historia de un asesino silencioso:el veneno. Los emperadores romanos recurrieron a él para librarse de sus rivales,mientras que, durante el Renacimiento, cualquier invitado a un banquete podia servictima de un vino envenenado. En la actualidad, sujetos desconocidos hacen usode poderosos venenos que son casi imposibles de detectar.Todo toxicologo novato contemporaneo sabe que la diferencia entre un venenoy un remedio es, con frecuencia, tan solo la dosis. Lee sobre el origen y el poderletal de los venenos mas populares y descubre como fueron utilizados por personasde siniestras intenciones.