The Affair of the Poisons : murder, infanticide and satanism at the court of Louis XIV
Somerset, Anne, 1955-2003
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The Affair of the Poisons was a scandal at which 'all France trembled' and which 'horrified the whole of Europe' as it implicated a number of prominent persons at the court of the Sun King, King Louis XIV in the late 17th century. Anne Somerset provides an account of this enigmatic story.
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London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2003.
Collation:
xxii, 377 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., ports. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 354-362) and index.
ISBN:
9780297842163 (hbk)
Dewey class:
944.033
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English
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BRN:
227418
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