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The Poisoning Angel
By Jean Teulé
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Schooled in the ancient beliefs of the Breton people by her mother, the beautiful Hél&ène grows up feeling detached from the nineteenth-century world around her and yet destined for a terrible vocation: to do the work of l'Ankou, death's henchman. Beginning with the demise of her very own mama, she leaves a trail of devastation with the special soups and cakes she makes -those who taste them never recover. Jean Teulé brings his unique blend of imagination and historical insight to a novel that is both an upbeat portrait of nineteenth-century provincial French life and a startling chronicle of a decades-long killing spree carried out by the most notorious female poisoner in history.
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5This is a gruesome fictional account of the life of Helene Jegado, who was convicted of murdering family and others with poison.
As with "Eat Him If You Like" also by Jean Teule, I found this story unsettling and in parts unreadable.
I was given a digital copy of this book by the publisher via Netgalley in return for an honest unbiased review.