Горький привкус власти. История отравлений и прочих покушений на жизнь правителей древности и Средних веков

I͡Ad vtirali v perchatki, sedla i ikony, nanosili na stolovye pribory i zubochistki, polivali im knigi, platki i plody pri͡amo na derevʹi͡akh, smeshivali so svechnym voskom i t. d. Ne govori͡a uzhe o takikh banalʹnosti͡akh, kak otravlennoe vino ili nakachannai͡a i͡adom dyni͡a. I vse ėto radi vlasti. Kniga Igori͡a Simbirt͡seva - v ravnoĭ mere pouchitelʹnai͡a i zanimatelʹnai͡a - prezhde vsego o tom, skolʹ slab okazyvaetsi͡a chelovek v protivostoi͡anii svoim porokam, kak on idet k slave i bogatstvu, po puti inogda teri͡ai͡a v sebe vse chelovecheskoe. Pered nami desi͡atki istoriĭ praviteleĭ drevnosti i Srednikh vekov, kotorye ubivali i sami stanovilisʹ zhertvami. Odurmanennye zapakhom vlasti, oni stremilisʹ k tronu, a dostignuv vozhdelennoĭ t͡seli, neredko brosalisʹ vo vse ti͡azhkie i medlenno (no inogda i bystro!) ubivali sebi͡a alkogolem i narkotikami. Dela nekotorykh iz nikh do sikh por predstavli͡ai͡ut interes dli͡a sudmedėkspertizy, i ob ėtom tozhe mozhno prochitatʹ v ėtoĭ knige.Igorʹ Simbirt͡sev - i͡urist, avtor neskolʹkikh knig, posvi͡ashchennykh dei͡atelʹnosti spet͡ssluzhb.

The poison was rubbed into gloves, saddles and icons, applied to cutlery and toothpicks, poured over books, handkerchiefs and fruits directly on trees, mixed with candle wax, etc. Not to mention such platitudes as poisoned wine or poisoned melon. And all this for the sake of power. Igor Simbirtsev's book is equally instructive and entertaining - first of all, about how weak a person turns out to be in opposition to his vices, how he goes to fame and wealth, sometimes losing everything human along the way. We have dozens of stories of rulers of antiquity and the Middle Ages who killed and became victims themselves. Intoxicated by the smell of power, they aspired to the throne, and having reached the desired goal, they often rushed to all serious and slowly (but sometimes quickly!) they killed themselves with alcohol and drugs. The cases of some of them are still of interest to forensic experts, and you can also read about this in this book.Igor Simbirtsev is a lawyer, the author of several books on the activities of special services.