Princes and Poisoners

By Frantz Funck-Brentano

Book Overview

IN the judicial annals of France there has never been a more striking or celebrated figure than the Marquise de Brinvilliers. The enormity of her crimes, the brilliance of her rank, the circumstances accompanying her trial and death, -the story of which, as told by her confessor, the abb Pirot, is one of the masterpieces of French literature, -finally, the strange energy of her character, which after her execution caused her to be regarded as a saint by a portion of the population of Paris: all these things will for long years to come attract to her the attention of all who are interested in the history of the past.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1532706111
• ISBN13: 9781532706110
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 102 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"