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Article: The Affair of the Poisons: Murder, Infanticide and Satanism at the Court of Louis XIV.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
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- Contemporary Review
- Article date:
- February 1, 2004
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The Affair of the Poisons: Murder, Infanticide and Satanism at the Court of Louis XIV. Anne Somerset. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. [pounds sterling]20.00. xxii + 377 pages. ISBN 0-297-84216-1. The Court of Louis XIV is known for its glamour, ritualised life and for the harm it did France's monarchy. Like all Courts, Louis' was notorious for cliques, affairs, plots, fortune-telling, black-magic and, so it was rumoured, the murder of rivals through the use of poison. The 'affair of the poisons' began in 1679 when it seemed there was prima facie evidence that the King himself might become a victim. An investigation was launched in which many were ...
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