The Marquise de Brinvilliers before execution mb-code 42-43528051 and on the right stands

and on the right stands Lord Lincoln

Napoleon fought an only partly conclusive war with Austria to help achieve Italian independence of Austrian rule of some of its regions

Chicago World's Fair

schoolgirls did needlework and domestic science but today (23rd January 1968) a few girls have lessons in car maintenance in their school rota

The Marquise de Brinvilliers before execution mb-code 42-43528051 and on the right standsThe 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