| Author: | Frantz Funck-Brentano, George Maidment, Translator | ISBN: | 1230000152630 |
| Publisher: | VolumesOfValue | Publication: | July 18, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Frantz Funck-Brentano, George Maidment, Translator |
| ISBN: | 1230000152630 |
| Publisher: | VolumesOfValue |
| Publication: | July 18, 2013 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index
CONTENTS
MARIE MADELEINE DE BRINVILLIERS—
I. Her Life,
II. Her Trial,
III. Her Death,
THE POISON DRAMA AT THE COURT OF LOUIS XIV—
I. The Sorceresses—
The Dinner of La Vigoreux,
Sorcery in the Seventeenth Century,
The Practices of the Witches,
The Alchemists,
La Voisin,
The Magician Lesage,
The ‘Chambre Ardente,’
Louis XIV and the Poison Affair,
II. Madame de Montespan,
III. A Magistrate—Gabriel Nicolas de la Reynie,
THE DEATH OF ‘MADAME,’
RACINE AND THE POISON AFFAIR,
‘LA DEVINERESSE,’
INDEX
This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index
CONTENTS
MARIE MADELEINE DE BRINVILLIERS—
I. Her Life,
II. Her Trial,
III. Her Death,
THE POISON DRAMA AT THE COURT OF LOUIS XIV—
I. The Sorceresses—
The Dinner of La Vigoreux,
Sorcery in the Seventeenth Century,
The Practices of the Witches,
The Alchemists,
La Voisin,
The Magician Lesage,
The ‘Chambre Ardente,’
Louis XIV and the Poison Affair,
II. Madame de Montespan,
III. A Magistrate—Gabriel Nicolas de la Reynie,
THE DEATH OF ‘MADAME,’
RACINE AND THE POISON AFFAIR,
‘LA DEVINERESSE,’
INDEX
