Princes and Poisoners: Studies of the Court of Louis XIV
Frantz Funck-Brentano
Gelesen von Jane Bennett
The court of French King Louis XIV was not a safe place to be. It was filled with plots and intrigues, leaving observers and commentators with more questions than answers among speculation and innuendo. Funck-Brentano was a scholar, librarian and expert on the political climate of eighteenth century France. Backing up his work with research in the archives of the Bastille, he attempts to explain and throw light on the tumultuous times. - Summary by Lynne Thompson (8 hr 15 min)
Kapitel
| Marie Madeleine de Brinvilliers Part 1: Her Life | 52:18 | Gelesen von Jane Bennett |
| Part 2: Her Trial | 57:21 | Gelesen von Jane Bennett |
| Part 3: Her Death | 55:35 | Gelesen von Jane Bennett |
| The Poison Drama at the Court of Louis XIV: Part 1: The Soceresses: The Dinner … | 6:16 | Gelesen von Jane Bennett |
| Sorcery in the Seventeenth Century | 11:00 | Gelesen von Jane Bennett |
| The practices of the Witches | 6:30 | Gelesen von Jane Bennett |
| The Alchemists | 16:08 | Gelesen von Jane Bennett |
| La Voisin | 21:14 | Gelesen von Jane Bennett |
| The Magician Lesage | 5:34 | Gelesen von Jane Bennett |
| The ‘Chambre Ardente' | 23:53 | Gelesen von Jane Bennett |
| Louis XIV and the Poison Affair | 9:58 | Gelesen von Jane Bennett |
| II. Madame de Montespan Part 1 | 58:14 | Gelesen von Jane Bennett |
| Madame de Montespan Part 2 | 30:15 | Gelesen von Jane Bennett |
| III. A Magistrate part 1 | 33:48 | Gelesen von Jane Bennett |
| III. A Magistrate part 2 | 36:52 | Gelesen von Jane Bennett |
| The Death of Madame | 20:57 | Gelesen von Jane Bennett |
| Racine and the Poisons Question | 20:57 | Gelesen von Jane Bennett |
| The 'Divineresse' | 20:05 | Gelesen von Jane Bennett |
Bewertungen
A somewhat salacious retelling of notable cases of poisoning
Chubber
I found the details somewhat repetitive from one case to the next, but who doesn't live stories of witchcraft and poisoning among the aristocrats? I thoroughly enjoyed the reader for this work. He voice has gravitas and she is fluid with the many French names and expressions. Brava!
terrible reader
Fay
I had to stop couldn't tolerate the reader.