The poison diaries
By: [from the collection of the Duchess of Northumberland ; illustrated by Colin Stimpson].
Contributors: Stimpson, Colin.
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780810993143
Subjects: Alnwick Castle (Alnwick, England) -- History -- Fiction; Poisonous plants -- Fiction; Orphans -- Fiction; Apprentices -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "Weed - an orphan boy who apprentices with an evil old apothecary - is both used and abused. His journal is part botanical workbook and part dary of his own relationship with poisonous plants. Weed discovers that he is one of the few people whom the plants talk to, and they try to persuade him that with their help his master can easily be disposed of..." -- Book Jacket.
Notes: Subtitle and statement of responsibility from jacket.

First published in the United Kingdom: London : Pavilion, 2006.

Includes accompanying letter (1 p., folded) from the Duchess of Northumberland addressed to the "Dept. of Toxicology".