She came. She cooked. She killed.Little Hélène Jégado was always different. Schooled in the ancient beliefs of the Breton people by her mother, the beautiful child grew up feeling detached from the nineteenth-century world around her. Her destiny was to do the work of the Ankou, Death’s henchman. Beginning with the demise of her very own maman…Jean Teulé brings his unique blend of imagination and historical insight to the startling tale of Hélène Jégado, one of the most notorious poisoners of all time.
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Jean Teulé lives in Marais with his companion, the French film actress Miou-Miou. An illustrator, filmmaker and television presenter, he is also the prize-winning author of ten books including one based on the life of Verlaine. In researching that book he discovered that a group of nineteenth-century poets had founded a review called The Suicide Shop and this inspired his novel. He has also written biographies of Rimbaud and François Villon.
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