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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.

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