The Affair of the Poisons : murder, infanticide and satanism at the court of Louis XIV / Anne Somerset.

London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2003.

xxii, 377 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., ports. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 354-362) and index.

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.

9780297842163 (hbk)

944.033

English

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