The Marquise de Brinvilliers before execution mb-code 42-18568995 1938 Triumph Dolomite

1938 Triumph Dolomite

trailing a garland of roses

scene from the Wars of the Roses showing Edward of York pursuing Lancastrians who had sought sanctuary at Tewkesbury Abbey after their defeat at the battle of Tewkesbury 1471

'Frank's Hall near Farningham'

The Marquise de Brinvilliers before execution mb-code 42-18568995 1938 Triumph DolomiteThe Marquise de Brinvilliers before execution, 1676 (1956). Marie Madeleine Marguerite d'Aubray, Marquise de Brinvilliers (1630 1676) was a French noblewoman and serial killer who poisoned several members of her family in order to inherit their property. She was beheaded and burnt at the stake for her crimes. A print from People, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common, essential and inessential, by Readers