By Anne Somerset

The Affair of the Poisons, as it was known, 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. It began with the trial of Marie Madeleine d'Aubray, Marquise de Brinvilliers, who conspired with her lover, Godin de Sainte-Croix, an army captain, to poison her father and two brothers in order to secure the family fortune and to end interference in her adulterous relationship. The marquise fled abroad, but in 1676 was arrested at Liege. The affair greatly worked on the popular imagination, and there were rumours that she had tried out her poisons on hospital patients. She was beheaded and then burned.

Published Date: 11/09/2003 Format: HardBack ISBN: 0-297-84216-1 Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Rating: Retail price: Pound £ 20.00 (Rs. 2,498.20) Our price: Rs. 1,125.00 You Save: Rs. 1,373.20 Reviews: 0 reivew(s).

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