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The Poison Diaries

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by Wood, Maryrose


  JANE NORTHUMBERLAND is married to the twelfth Duke of Northumberland and is mistress of Alnwick Castle, often referred to as the “Windsor of the North.” The earls and dukes of Northumberland have lived in Alnwick Castle for seven hundred years. The Duchess has spent the last fourteen years creating beautiful public gardens in the grounds of the castle and, because of her fascination with and knowledge of poisons, has created the world-famous Poison Garden. Alnwick Castle and the Alnwick Garden are the most popular tourist destinations in the north of England, attracting more than 800,000 visitors each year.

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  Wood, Maryrose.

  The poison diaries / by Maryrose Wood ; based on a concept by the Duchess of Northumberland. — 1st ed.

  p. cm.

  Summary: In late eighteenth-century Northumberland, England, sixteen-year-old Jessamine Luxton and the mysterious Weed uncover the horrible secrets of poisons growing in Thomas Luxton’s apothecary garden.

  ISBN 978-0-06-180236-2

  [1. Human-plant relationships—Fiction. 2. Poisons—Fiction. 3. Medical care—Fiction. 4. Plants—Fiction. 5. Supernatural—Fiction. 6. Fathers and daughters—Fiction. 7. Northumberland (England)—History—18th century—Fiction. 8. Great Britain—History—George III, 1760–1820—Fiction.] I. Title.

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