The Affair of the Poisons: Murder, Infanticide, and Satanism at the Court of Louis XIV

9 best books like The Affair of the Poisons: Murder, Infanticide, and Satanism at the Court of Louis XIV (Anne Somerset): The Shadow of Albion, Marie Antoinette: The Journey, Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King, Dragon's Milk, The Body in Question, Madame de Pompadour: Mistress of France, The Pope's Daughter: The Extraordinary Life of Felice Della Rovere, Madame de Pompadour: A Life, The Rose of Martinique: A Life of Napoleon's Josephine

The Shadow of Albion

Author	Andre Norton
ISBN	0312864272

Thrust into a volatile world where King Henry IX rules over the English Empire, America never revolted, and Napoleon Bonaparte marches unchecked across Europe, is young Sarah Cunningham, ripped from our history by magic and the machinations of the dying Duchess of Roxbury.Magically coerced into...

Marie Antoinette: The Journey

Author	Antonia Fraser
ISBN	0307277747

Brilliantly written, a work of impeccable scholarship. An utterly riveting and intensely moving book by one of our finest biographers.

Never before has the life of Marie Antoinette been told so intimately and with such authority as in Antonia Fraser's newest work, Marie Antoinette: The...

Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King

Author	Antonia Fraser
ISBN	0385509847

The self-proclaimed Sun King, Louis XIV ruled over the most glorious and extravagant court in seventeenth-century Europe. Now, Antonia Fraser goes behind the well-known tales of Louis’s accomplishments and follies, exploring in riveting detail his intimate relationships with women.

The...

Dragon's Milk

Author	Susan Fletcher
ISBN	0689716230

"You must go to the dragon. You must leave tonight."

Before she even hears the words, Kaeldra already knows what she must do. She must search out the mother dragon whose draclings have just hatched and somehow get some of her precious milk. It's the only way to save her foster-sister's life. Kaeldra...

The Body in Question

Author

Jill Ciment

5 hours, 26 minutes

From the author of Heroic Measures (“Smart and funny and completely surprising . . . I loved every page” —Ann Patchett), Act of God (“A feat of literary magic”—Booklist) and, with Amy Hempel, The Hand That Feeds You (“An unnerving, elegant page-turner”...

Madame de Pompadour: Mistress of France

Author	Christine Pevitt
ISBN	0802140351

This biography of the legendary mistress of King Louis XV offers dramatic insight into the life of one of the most enchanting, powerful, and feared women to grace the world's stage. Groomed from an early age to assume the role of a rich man's mistress, Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson underwent several transformations...

The Pope's Daughter: The Extraordinary Life of Felice Della Rovere

Author	Caroline P. Murphy
ISBN	0195312015

The illegitimate daughter of Pope Julius II, Felice della Rovere became one of the most powerful and accomplished women of the Italian Renaissance. Now, Caroline Murphy vividly captures the untold story of a rare woman who moved with confidence through a world of popes and princes.

Using...

Madame de Pompadour: A Life

Author	Évelyne Lever
ISBN	0312310501

A sumptuous new biography of one of the most famous dangerous liaisons
When Jeanne Antoinette Poisson was a child, a fortune-teller predicted that she would one day be the mistress of a king. Born into the financial bourgeoisie that was a world apart from the royal court, the beautiful Jeanne Antoinette...

The Rose of Martinique: A Life of Napoleon's Josephine

Author	Andrea Stuart
ISBN	0802142028

One of the most remarkable women of the modern era, Josephine Bonaparte was born Rose de Tasher on her family's sugar plantation in Martinique. She embodied all the characteristics of a true Creole-sensuality, vivacity, and willfulness. Using diaries and letters, Andrea Stuart expertly re-creates...