Madame de Brinvilliers and her times 1630-1676
By: by Hugh Stokes; with a frontispiece in photogravure and fifteen other illustrations.
Publisher: John Lane; John Lane company
Published: 1911
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 391
Subjects: Brinvilliers, Marie-Madeleine Gobelin, marquise de, 1630-1676; France -- Social life and customs
Table of contents: label: Preface
pagenum: v; label: Part I
title: The Cause: French Society, 1661-1676; label: Chapter I
title: Introduction
pagenum: 3; label: Chapter II
title: The King As Head Of The State General Decadence Of  Morals Chiefly Owing To His Bad Example Early  Poisoning Mysteries
pagenum: 9; label: Chapter III
title: Paris And The Court Crowded With Adventurers Two Typical Examples : The Stories Of Du Cause De  Nazelle And De Lauzun
pagenum: 29; label: Chapter IV
title: The Poverty Of The People And The Prosperity Of The   Middle Classes
pagenum: 46; label: Chapter V
title: The Streets Of Old Paris The Marais And The Cite
pagenum: 55; label: Chapter VI
title: The Household Of The Brinvilliers How Marriages  Were Arranged Gambling And Dissipation A Day  In The Life Of A Woman Of Quality
pagenum: 62; label: Chapter VII
title: An Adventurer From Gascony, Gaudin De Sainte-Croix  His Intrigues With The Marquise De Brinvilliers  His Arrest By "Lettre De Cachet" He Is Sent To The Bastille
pagenum: 74; label: Chapter VIII
title: "Lettres De Cachet" What They Meant And How They   Were Used
pagenum: 81; label: Chapter IX
title: Days In The Prison Of The Bastille
pagenum: 93; label: Chapter X
title: The Mysterious Poisoner Exili His Ramifications Across  Europe He Is Attached To The Court Of Queen  Christina Of Sweden
pagenum: 106; label: Part II
title: The Crime; label: Chapter XI
title: How Poisons Were Manufactured In The Seven-Teenth Century The Extraordinary Ingredients  Methods Of Poisoning
pagenum: 117; label: Chapter XII
title: Sainte-Croix Is Liberated From The Bastille Experi-Ments In Alchemy The Elixir Of Life The Swiss  Chemist, Christopher Glaser The Hotel Dieu  Death Of Dreux D'aubray
pagenum: 128; label: Chapter XIII
title: The Fidelity Of French Servants The Rogue La  Chaussee The Marquise And Her Brothers Their  Deaths A Strange Household
pagenum: 142; label: Chapter XIV
title: The Millionaire Pennautier His Rivals Die Of "Apoplexy" Unexpected Death Of Sainte-Croix
pagenum: 151; label: Chapter XV
title: Conflicting Accounts Of Sainte-Croix's End
pagenum: 159; label: Chapter XVI
title: Examination Of Sainte-Croix's Property Discovery Of  A Casket Of Poisons And Letters Anxiety Of  Pennautier And The Marquise De Brinvilliers The  Casket Is Opened Its Contents Flight Of The  Marquise And Disappearance Of La Chaussee
pagenum: 164; label: Part III
title: The Punishment; label: Chapter XVII
title: Arrest Of La Chaussee His Trial And Torture Con-Fession And Death
pagenum: 181; label: Chapter XVIII
title: The Marquise De Brinvilliers' Travels In England And  Holland The King Is Anxious For Her Arrest, Which   Is Ultimately Effected At Llege Her Confession And   Efforts To Commit Suicide
pagenum: 194; label: Chapter XIX
title: A Preliminary Examination Arrest Of Pennautier
pagenum: 206; label: Chapter XX
title: Evidence Of The Tutor Briancourt
pagenum: 221; label: Chapter XXI
title: Examination Of Briancourt And Other Witnesses
pagenum: 246; label: Chapter XXII
title: The Marquise Faces Her Judges
pagenum: 252; label: Chapter XXIII
title: The Defence, First Portion
pagenum: 269; label: Chapter XXIV
title: The Defence, Second Portion Ecclesiastical Con- Siderations Regarding Her Written Confession And The Secrecy Of The Confessional
pagenum: 292; label: Chapter XXV
title: The Abbe Edme Pirot Of The Sorbonne
pagenum: 302; label: Chapter XXVI
title: Thursday, I6th July 1676
pagenum: 307; label: Chapter XXVII
title: During The Night
pagenum: 324; label: Chapter XXVIII
title: Seven Hours In The Torture Chamber Of The Con-Ciergerie
pagenum: 328; label: Chapter XXIX
title: Pirot's Last Consolations In The Chapel
pagenum: 340; label: Chapter XXX
title: Public Confession In Front Of The Cathedral Of Notre Dame
pagenum: 354; label: Chapter XXXI
title: The Execution On The Place De Grève The Marquise Becomes A Saint
pagenum: 362; label: Chapter XXXII
title: The Examination Of Pennautier His Release The  Marquis And His Family A Curious Discovery At  Offmont
pagenum: 371; label: Bibliography
pagenum: 383; label: Index
pagenum: 385