A Triptych of Poisoners.
Plaidy, Jean. A Triptych of Poisoners. London: Robert Hale Limited, [1958]. First edition. 191 pp. Publisher's maroon cloth, very good in shelf worn price clipped dust jacket. Bookseller's ticket "Pickwick Bookshop" to front endpaper, otherwise internally clean. $25. * A gripping historical study of infamous historical poisoners written by Eleanor Hibbert under her celebrated Jean Plaidy pseudonym. The volume provides detailed biographical and psychological accounts of three notorious figures: Cesare Borgia, the Marquise de Brinvilliers, and Marie de Brinvilliers (Madame de la Motte), examining their crimes, motives, and impact on their respective eras.
Price: $25.00
Book number 86506