<![CDATA[Isn't She Fictional]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/isn-t-she-fictional Isn't She Fictional is a bookish podcast for all the readers out there who love the world of fiction and non-fiction. Each episode gives a book recommendation and then discusses a topic inspired by the book.

]]> RSS.com 2026.609.160344 Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:25:45 GMT en 397ca10f-f2e9-5028-985f-1be8de45463c https://media.rss.com/isn-t-she-fictional/podcast_cover_20260515_100539_9ada8d7347a62788d479483bc46daed0.png Isn't She Fictional https://rss.com/podcasts/isn-t-she-fictional yes Meghan Valentina Meghan Valentina true serial podcast Washington, USA false <![CDATA[Aqua Tofana]]> In the first episode of Isn't She Fictional our book recommendation is The Lost Apothecary by Sara Penner. For our topic, we are taking a Magic School Bus ride back to 17th-century Italy, the criminal magic underworld, and one of the most notorious slow-acting poisons of the time: Aqua Tofana.

Book link-

https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-lost-apothecary-a-novel_sarah-penner/26594046/?resultid=1ab12f9d-f357-45ab-800b-e03d223aa08a#edition=59453629&idiq=52061496

Sources-

Toxicology in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. by Philip Wexler. Academic Press. 2017

https://mikedashhistory.com/2015/04/06/aqua-tofana-slow-poisoning-and-husband-killing-in-17th-century-italy/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/B9780128095546000068

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