Did a Carmelite Nun Slowly Poison Napoleon?
Napoleonic Era

Did a Carmelite Nun Slowly Poison Napoleon?

Inside a Carmelite convent in France, the nuns quietly developed the most effective poison of the 19th century—and may have used it on the Emperor himself.

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FranceNapoleonic Era19th CenturyReligious OrdersAssassinationPoisonNapoleon BonaparteConspiracyMedical HistoryBotanical WarfareRoyalist Resistance

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