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Poison
- Narrated by: Barbara Caruso
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 06-17-11
- Language: English
- Publisher: Recorded Books
Regular price: $31.49
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Publisher's Summary
In this richly textured historical novel, best-selling author Kathryn Harrison spins a mesmerizing tale of forbidden passion and terrifying superstition in 17th-century Spain. As the Spanish Inquisition conducts its ruthless reign of terror, the lives of two women—one, the free spirited daughter of a poor silk farmer; the other, the French princess doomed to marry the deformed King of Spain—unravel like the cocoons of silkworms. A nationally acclaimed writer of exquisite talents, Kathryn Harrison will leave you breathless.
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- Kathy
- 07-27-11
Brilliant!
Harrison's writing is masterful, Caruso's narration is spot on and the subject, the time of Spain's Inquisition, is fascinating (but not really for the faint of heart ) I couldn't stop listening
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- CHRISTINE
- occidental, CA, United States
- 08-28-11
Poison keeps interest
Gives and insight to life in Spain and the "remedies" and beliefs in Spain during those times
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