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Strange revelations : magic, poison, and sacrilege in Louis XIV's France / Lynn Wood Mollenauer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mollenauer, Lynn Wood, 1966-
- Series:
- Magic in history
- The magic in history series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poisoning--France--History--17th century.
- Poisoning.
- Murder.
- History.
- Trials (Murder).
- France--Court and courtiers--History--17th century.
- France.
- Courts and courtiers.
- France--History--Louis XIV, 1643-1715.
- Trials (Murder)--France--History--17th century.
- Murder--France--History--17th century.
- Physical Description:
- x, 213 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2007]
- Summary:
- The Affair of the Poisons was the greatest court scandal of the seventeenth century. From 1679 to 1682 the French crown investigated more than 400 people--including Louis XIV's official mistress and members of the highest-ranking circles at court--for sensational crimes. In
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [187]-204) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0271029153
- 9780271029153
- 0271029161
- 9780271029160
- OCLC:
- 68624093
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