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Blurb: “SHE WAS A LEGEND-UTTERLY BEAUTIFUL, TOTALLY CORRUPT.
SHE HAD MADE, MURDER HER RELIGION.
She had died a century before. But Marie Stevens was alive now-what had Marie to do with a grotesquely notorious 19th-century murderess?
Marie had an antique bracelet of curious design-its clasp like the head of a cat, with a ruby in its mouth. She said she had worn it for a long, long time ...
"The murderess was seen to finger a curious gold bracelet-with a clasp in the form of a cat's head-as her only sign of agitation during the trial."-Grimaud, History of Witchcraft
Marie was an excellent cook who enjoyed working with food. It was odd that she would not allow an ordinary kitchen funnel in the house ...
"After the sentence, in order to make her divulge the names of any accomplices, she was put to the water-torture. A leather funnel was put into her mouth."—Dumas, The Trial Of The Marquise de Brinvilliers
Marie had an almost hysterical phobia about fires-so no one could use the large living-room fireplace ..
"The witch was sentenced to be beheaded and burnt."-Barry, Twelve Monstrous Criminals