The Affair of The Poisons

By Alana Sanchez

In the glittering shadow of Louis XIV's Versailles, whispers travel faster than truth-and in the backstreets of Paris, a quiet trade promises desperate people what the law cannot: outcomes.

At the centre of the scandal stands Catherine Monvoisin-La Voisin-midwife, fortune-teller, fixer. As sudden deaths multiply and rumours of powders and secret consultations reach the highest salons, the Crown unleashes an extraordinary tribunal to drag a hidden market into the light.

Told in a gripping, reader-driven narrative, La Voisin: The Affair of the Poisons traces the rise and fall of the most infamous crime panic of seventeenth-century France: a world of clandestine remedies, vanished names, weaponised confessions, and a justice system determined to restore order-no matter what must burn.

Perfect for fans of historical true crime, court intrigue, and dark French history.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GJFBVPBN
• ISBN13: 9798245243214
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"