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Post by andydecker on Sept 11, 2019 17:59:20 GMT
There are really a lot of books with this topic. Always thought this a fascinating tale. A pity that the recent tv series "Versailles" did it in so broad strokes. At least they got the altar scene right
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Post by dem bones on Sept 11, 2019 20:29:50 GMT
There are really a lot of books with this topic. Always thought this a fascinating tale. A pity that the recent tv series "Versailles" did it in so broad strokes. At least they got the altar scene right I've not read it, but this is perhaps my favourite of the covers from Sphere's fancy dress period. Frances Mossiker - Affair of the Poisons (Sphere, 1975: originally Gollancz, 1969) Blurb: The extraordinary ‘affair of the poisons‘ was one of the most scandalous secrets of the reign of Louis XIV. Scores of the alchemist-necromancers and perfumer-poisoners operating in Paris were arrested and began to denounce ever more exalted members of the aristocracy as their clients. Before the end of the affair three hundred people had been seized, tortured or put to death, and scandal had touched the highest in the land.
The Affair of the Poisons is Volume 28 in the Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult
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