Princes and Poisoners: Studies of the Court of Louis XIV
Frantz Funck-Brentano
Read by 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)
Chapters
| Marie Madeleine de Brinvilliers Part 1: Her Life | 52:18 | Read by Jane Bennett |
| Part 2: Her Trial | 57:21 | Read by Jane Bennett |
| Part 3: Her Death | 55:35 | Read by Jane Bennett |
| The Poison Drama at the Court of Louis XIV: Part 1: The Soceresses: The Dinner … | 6:16 | Read by Jane Bennett |
| Sorcery in the Seventeenth Century | 11:00 | Read by Jane Bennett |
| The practices of the Witches | 6:30 | Read by Jane Bennett |
| The Alchemists | 16:08 | Read by Jane Bennett |
| La Voisin | 21:14 | Read by Jane Bennett |
| The Magician Lesage | 5:34 | Read by Jane Bennett |
| The ‘Chambre Ardente' | 23:53 | Read by Jane Bennett |
| Louis XIV and the Poison Affair | 9:58 | Read by Jane Bennett |
| II. Madame de Montespan Part 1 | 58:14 | Read by Jane Bennett |
| Madame de Montespan Part 2 | 30:15 | Read by Jane Bennett |
| III. A Magistrate part 1 | 33:48 | Read by Jane Bennett |
| III. A Magistrate part 2 | 36:52 | Read by Jane Bennett |
| The Death of Madame | 20:57 | Read by Jane Bennett |
| Racine and the Poisons Question | 20:57 | Read by Jane Bennett |
| The 'Divineresse' | 20:05 | Read by Jane Bennett |
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