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A Poisoner's Tale
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A Poisoner's Tale is a powerful historical fiction debut inspired by the true story of Giulia Tofana, the first documented female serial killer in history. Murderer or saviour? You decide... Rome, 1656: In the shadowy backstreets of the Eternal City lies an apothecary's shop—a place for...
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A Poisoner's Tale is a powerful historical fiction debut inspired by the true story of Giulia Tofana, the first documented female serial killer in history.
Murderer or saviour? You decide...
Rome, 1656: In the shadowy backstreets of the Eternal City lies an apothecary's shop—a place for women to take their heartbreaks and troubles. Herbs for childbirth. Tarot readings to tell their fortunes. An undetectable poison that can kill in four drops.
Alongside her circle of female poisoners, Giulia Tofana dispenses her deadly potion to free the downtrodden women of the city from their abusive husbands—a path she's determined to follow after a harrowing childhood in Palermo.
But even in a time of plague, it does not go unnoticed when the men of Rome begin to fall like flies. With a newly elected Pope hell-bent on ridding the city of heretics and witches, and the Holy Office of the Inquisition on her tail, Giulia is in more danger than ever...
How far will she go for the women who need her help?
Exploring the realities of what it is like to be a woman who rebels against society, A Poisoner's Tale takes the reader on a tense, challenging but spellbinding journey. This is not just a retelling of the legend of Giulia Tofana but an ode to sisterhood and motherhood, to defiance and secret rebellion.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781804992241
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 06 February 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin (Transworld)
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 25.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 199.0mm
Weight: 277g
Pages: 400
About the Author
Cathryn Kemp is a Sunday Times bestselling ghostwriter and author, with a prolific career writing celebrity, inspirational, true crime, addiction and nostalgia titles. Her personal memoir Coming Clean won the Big Red Read Prize for Non-Fiction. A Poisoner's Tale is her first foray into historical fiction. When not researching dark, dangerous and beguiling women from history, Cathryn can be found on the south coast with her son and her familiar, a ginger cat called Gingey.
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