{"product_id":"poison-flowers-a-bordeaux-housewifes-murderous-secret-paperback","title":"Poison Flowers: A Bordeaux Housewife's Murderous Secret - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Blood\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eViviane Janouin-Benanti\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGabrielle Benzac was raised in the French city of \u003cb\u003eBordeaux\u003c\/b\u003e during the tumultuous early decades of the 20th century. Despite political unrest and a father who was never the same after he returned from the battlefields of the Great War, Gabrielle had a \u003cb\u003eseemingly normal childhood\u003c\/b\u003e and grew into a \u003cb\u003eseemingly normal adult\u003c\/b\u003e. Early in her life, she was a loving daughter and a good student. As a young adult, she had many friends and enjoyed the vibrant social scene of the 1920s. She met and \u003cb\u003emarried\u003c\/b\u003e Laurent Mairiné, a kind and hardworking man who cared deeply about democratic ideals, and with him, she had \u003cb\u003etwo beautiful children\u003c\/b\u003e. When did things go wrong? When did this \u003cb\u003eperfect housewife\u003c\/b\u003e decide to start cheating on her husband? How did she learn about \u003cb\u003edigitalis\u003c\/b\u003e, a \u003cb\u003elethal poison\u003c\/b\u003e made from a pretty garden flower? Why did she use it to poison the people closest to her? Could she really end up facing the \u003cb\u003eguillotine\u003c\/b\u003e?\u003cbr\u003eViviane Janouin-Benanti answers all these questions as she brilliantly recounts the life of Gabrielle Benzac in this \u003cb\u003espellbinding true crime\u003c\/b\u003e novel that transports the reader to another place and time. The everyday events of Gabrielle's life in Bordeaux are set against the \u003cb\u003ebackdrop\u003c\/b\u003e of the devastation of \u003cb\u003eWorld War I\u003c\/b\u003e, the \u003cb\u003eRoaring Twenties\u003c\/b\u003e, the influx of \u003cb\u003erefugees\u003c\/b\u003e fleeing oppressive regimes and \u003cb\u003emigrants\u003c\/b\u003e from the French colonies looking for work, the \u003cb\u003erise of fascism and anti-Semitism\u003c\/b\u003e in France, and the onset of another World War. In all this turmoil, did something go wrong in Gabrielle's life, or had there always been something wrong? \u003cb\u003eDive into this fascinating story of love, secrets, and scandal in Bordeaux\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 308\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 12, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48588875759837,"sku":"9782378851231","price":21.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/hEOJt-AosS9782378851231.webp?v=1789581045","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/poison-flowers-a-bordeaux-housewifes-murderous-secret-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}