tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154552092903273548.post5104662562964522868..comments2024-01-11T13:15:48.832-08:00Comments on Anne R. Allen's Books: Poisoning People for Fun and Profit—Part 2: WolfsbaneAnne R. Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02420000168356370825noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154552092903273548.post-47301740148093054262016-08-19T13:51:00.893-07:002016-08-19T13:51:00.893-07:00Melodie--Thanks for stopping by! I think Monkshood...Melodie--Thanks for stopping by! I think Monkshood is my favorite poison. It's so deceptively pretty. Anne R. Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02420000168356370825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154552092903273548.post-1068045929148797342016-08-19T13:32:49.095-07:002016-08-19T13:32:49.095-07:00Another excellent post, Anne. Thank you for doing...Another excellent post, Anne. Thank you for doing this series!Melodie Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07870938103759179132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154552092903273548.post-56377951376501574362016-06-13T10:39:06.727-07:002016-06-13T10:39:06.727-07:00Dr. John--Thanks for the tip! I'll definitely ...Dr. John--Thanks for the tip! I'll definitely check it out. I didn't know that a Duke of Buckingham killed James I. I'll check out your book, too. Glad to hear the aconite poisoner didn't get away with it. Anne R. Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02420000168356370825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154552092903273548.post-74356462482556488392016-06-13T01:33:05.210-07:002016-06-13T01:33:05.210-07:00There's a wonderful description of wolfsbane (...There's a wonderful description of wolfsbane (and other useful poisons) in Mrs Grieve's A Modern Herbal - searchable on the web. Its most potent form - Bikh - came from the East Indies. I used it in one of my historical novels, as the poison Buckingham (allegedly) used to finish off his beloved King James I, in a mercy killing.<br /><br />A Chinese herbalist in the UK used aconite in recent years to murder her husband. She thought a poison so rare would be undetectable. It wasn't. She was jailed.Dr John Yeomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03457052363231077457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154552092903273548.post-2047492431625640042016-05-01T14:35:25.203-07:002016-05-01T14:35:25.203-07:00Susan--I was doing just that--and realized that a ...Susan--I was doing just that--and realized that a lot of fellow writers and mystery readers would be interested too. Next week is hemlock--which grows all over the place around here, so it's great for a mystery set in California. Anne R. Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02420000168356370825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154552092903273548.post-70644997134056831362016-05-01T13:00:08.375-07:002016-05-01T13:00:08.375-07:00What a fun series Anne! And I just happen to be wo...What a fun series Anne! And I just happen to be working on two stories that need poisons... Now this is really fun research! LOLSusan Tuttlehttp://www.susantuttlewrites.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154552092903273548.post-40436156462939434202016-04-30T09:21:28.530-07:002016-04-30T09:21:28.530-07:00Ronel--I guess the myths follow the reality that m...Ronel--I guess the myths follow the reality that most poisons can also cure illnesses--so they can do opposite things, depending on circumstances. But it would be hard to decide, if you were a werewolf, if you should touch it or not. :-) Anne R. Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02420000168356370825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154552092903273548.post-12793371736708233282016-04-29T20:43:25.488-07:002016-04-29T20:43:25.488-07:00Beautiful and deadly. It's interesting that it...Beautiful and deadly. It's interesting that it causes lycanthropy in some myths and poisons werewolves in others.Ronel Janse van Vuurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04041347187777879494noreply@blogger.com