Come with us on a journey of deadly liberation as a popular apothecary brews a recipe for freedom, liberating over 600 women from abuse at the hands of those who should have protected them.
Sources We Found Helpful for this Episode
A Woman to Know: Giulia Tofana
Guilia Tofana: World’s Most Dangerous Apothecary
The Role of Women During the Italian Renaissance
Books We Think You’ll Enjoy Reading
If you’re an enjoy reading Gregory Maguire or a historical fiction fan, I think that you will enjoy Deborah Swift’s trilogy about our heroine/devious serial killer, Giulia Tofana. This is historical fiction so much imagination was applied.
- The Poison Keeper by Deborah Swift
- Purchase: Amazon
- The Silkworm Keeper by Deborah Swift
- Purchase: Amazon
- The Fortune Keeper by Deborah Swift
- Purchase: Amazon
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