Poison Jørn Lier Penguin Books FHX|FYT|FBA|FFL|FFP Paperback 2021 Some places are cursed

Some places are cursed

The significance of food and eating in storytelling traditions dates back to fairy tales

Una visits her mum in Eastbourne for the weekend & learns she is getting re-married

Modern day Cambridgeshire is a county of diverse landscapes: from the elegance of the University city to the rural delights of the old county of Huntingdonshire and the flatness of the Isle of Ely with its 'wide' skies

It also contains one dead student

Poison Jørn Lier Penguin Books FHX|FYT|FBA|FFL|FFP Paperback 2021 Some places are cursedChronologically recounting the story of history's silent assassin, this book documents the gripping tales of the users and victims of these mysterious substances, from Cleopatra, the Borgias and Qin Shi Huang to contemporary secret service agents and terrorists. Profiles of the most commonly used toxins of each era reveal how the power hungry, the dangerous and the desperate have harnessed these natural killers to achieve their ends.