{"product_id":"judgment-by-poison-9798235875760","title":"Judgment By Poison","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Gary Logan\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Silverwood Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Silverwood Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: World - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor centuries, long before modern courts and forensic science, justice was decided in a far more terrifying way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe accused were forced to drink poison.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf they survived, they were declared innocent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf they died, their guilt was sealed forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross the ancient world, powerful plants became instruments of truth - serving as judge, jury, and executioner across civilizations that never knew each other existed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the cup of hemlock that ended the life of Socrates in ancient Athens, to the Calabar bean trials of West Africa, to the terrifying tangena ordeals that killed tens of thousands in Madagascar, to the Datura interrogations of colonial India and the aconite trials of imperial China - entire societies placed their faith in the lethal verdicts of nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Judgment by Poison, Gary Logan uncovers the true history of the deadly botanicals that shaped systems of justice across the ancient world. Blending historical investigation with the toxicology behind each plant, this book reveals not only what these ordeals were - but why some people lived and why some people died.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe answer had nothing to do with guilt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSurvival depended on chemistry. On dose. On fear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe plants never lied.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut justice rarely survived the trial.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Silverwood Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47882921967767,"sku":"9798235875760","price":1405.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798235875760.webp?v=1781098081","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/judgment-by-poison-9798235875760","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}