Botanical Curses and Poisons
Fez Inkwright is an illustrator and author who loves botany, wildlife, primitive faiths, and folklore. She has made illustrations for children's books, hand-drawn maps, and tattoo designs.
This beautifully constructed, stunningly illustrated compendium explores the folklore and history of our most deadly plants.
Poisonings have been responsible for some of the most dramatic and renowned deaths in both history and fiction. It's a concealed and premeditated crime that requires advance planning and could go unnoticed for centuries. But there is a thin border between healing and killing: the only difference is in the dosage! Fez Inkwright returns to folkloric and historical archives in Botanical Curses & Poisons to explore the interesting, undiscovered stories behind a range of poisonous plants, witching herbs, and funghi. From apple (think of the poisoned fruit in "Snow White") to the hallucinogenic angel's trumpet to laurel, which emits toxic gases, to oleander (a dangerous attractive shrub), she covers it all, with each plant elegantly depicted by the author herself.
This fascinating resource is jam-packed with knowledge, lore, and the revealed mysteries of commonplace flora, including the prevalence of poisoning in ancient Rome, its usage in religion and magic, and popular antidotes, making it ideal for gardeners, writers, folklorists, witches, and scientists alike!
Author: Fez Inkwright
Link to buy: https://www.amazon.com/Botanical-Curses-Poisons-Shadow-Lives-Plants/dp/1912634228/
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