The Marquise de Brinvilliers
Alexandre Dumas
Publisher: Classica Libris
Summary
The crimes of the Marquise of Brinvilliers, a French aristocrat during the reign of Louis XIV, included some of the most famous murders, scandals (Affair of the Poisons) and mysteries (The Man in the Iron Mask) in French history. This story recounts her major crimes, torture, conviction and execution.