
Poisoned Chalice
A Poisoned Chalice tells the story of a long-forgotten criminal case: the poisoning of the communion wine in Zurich''s main cathedral in 1776. The story is riveting and mysterious, full of bizarre twists and colorful characters--an anti-clerical gravedigger, a hard-drinking drifter, a defrocked minister--who come to life in a series of dramatic criminal trials. But it is also far more than just a ...
A Poisoned Chalice tells the story of a long-forgotten criminal case: the poisoning of the communion wine in Zurich''s main cathedral in 1776. The story is riveting and mysterious, full of bizarre twists and colorful characters--an anti-clerical gravedigger, a hard-drinking drifter, a defrocked minister--who come to life in a series of dramatic criminal trials. But it is also far more than just a ...