Le drame des poisons
- Episode aired Feb 6, 1960
Based on the personal notes of Monsieur de La Reynie, the lieutenant general of police who investigated and then prosecuted the famous poisons affair, the authors bring to life one of the gr... Read allBased on the personal notes of Monsieur de La Reynie, the lieutenant general of police who investigated and then prosecuted the famous poisons affair, the authors bring to life one of the greatest scandals of the reign of Louis XIV. Faithless people, alchemists, counterfeiters an... Read allBased on the personal notes of Monsieur de La Reynie, the lieutenant general of police who investigated and then prosecuted the famous poisons affair, the authors bring to life one of the greatest scandals of the reign of Louis XIV. Faithless people, alchemists, counterfeiters and the highest aristocracy were involved in the affair. 147 defendants were imprisoned. The... Read all