tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post667487977754124581..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: The Affair of the Poisons Part II (with a preliminary digression on the Olympics)Mary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-40916645610212189882012-08-03T07:41:26.273+01:002012-08-03T07:41:26.273+01:00Thank you, Sue and Adele - even though I shan'...Thank you, Sue and Adele - even though I shan't be regularly contributing posts to the blog any more, I shall certainly be a frequent visitor to the brilliant History Girls!Linda B-Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01599899073420595717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-64745068935270142812012-08-02T23:13:06.999+01:002012-08-02T23:13:06.999+01:00Loved this post and SNAP about the SUN KING. I hav...Loved this post and SNAP about the SUN KING. I have it too and that was the book that turned me on to the whole French history thing....You will be missed. Keep in touch!adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-31485965828695460412012-08-02T09:59:00.365+01:002012-08-02T09:59:00.365+01:00What an appalling story! Imagine being shut up for...What an appalling story! Imagine being shut up for decades and not allowed to speak to anyone, just to save the reputation of the King's mistress!<br /><br />And yes - way to go, Wiggo!Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-51277354051696347102012-08-02T08:42:23.673+01:002012-08-02T08:42:23.673+01:00Thanks so much for your comment, Brian, I am very ...Thanks so much for your comment, Brian, I am very fond of Nancy Mitford's The Sun King. And, not being eminent at all (!), I am very fond, like Alice, of books with lots of pictures and conversations. It was Mitford's book which got me interested in Louis XIV many years ago.Linda B-Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01599899073420595717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-31149036591941993992012-08-02T08:31:16.071+01:002012-08-02T08:31:16.071+01:00The difficulty (now and then) is proving cause of ...The difficulty (now and then) is proving cause of death. Fear of poisoning meant that any unexplained death could be attributed to foul play. Louis's sister-in-law, for instance, Henriette-Anne, was widely suspected to have been poisoned by the King's brother whereas contemporary historians put her death down to acute peritonitis. And, as you say, how can evidence procured by torture ever be acceptable on every level? On the other hand, poison was very easy to get hold of, and one good thing that came out of the Chambre Ardente was the regulation of its production.Linda B-Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01599899073420595717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-36379977373958579402012-08-02T08:06:28.232+01:002012-08-02T08:06:28.232+01:00Thank you, Linda, for a fascinating story - and fo...Thank you, Linda, for a fascinating story - and for the filip you have given me that someone of your emminence has quoted from a book that I actually have on my own shelves, The Sun King.Brian Evansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-20636040354233472862012-08-02T07:54:51.663+01:002012-08-02T07:54:51.663+01:00And is there any evidence that anyone really was p...And is there any evidence that anyone really was procuring poisons, or was the whole thing a mare's nest from start to finish? Sounds just like the witch trials - and another example why evidence from torture is a really bad idea on every level.Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.com