05-07-2024, 08:44 AM
Upgraded from 'poisoner' to 'alchemist and poisoner'.
"Vanens came from Arles and called himself Chevalier de Vanens. He was arrested by the direct orders of Louvois on 5 December 1677, after having declared that he was able to make gold and had been observed with a banknote of 200,000 livres."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_de_Vanens
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affair_of_the_Poisons
"Vanens came from Arles and called himself Chevalier de Vanens. He was arrested by the direct orders of Louvois on 5 December 1677, after having declared that he was able to make gold and had been observed with a banknote of 200,000 livres."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_de_Vanens
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affair_of_the_Poisons