Union Square & Co. A Poisoners Tale: A Novel (a Retelling of the Life of Giulia Tofana, Aqua Tofana Poisoner of Rome)

Palermo, 1632: Giulia is thirteen when she learns her mother's greatest secret: Teofania makes an undetectable, slow-acting poison that she uses to free the abused women of Palermo. Giulia soon realizes that in a time when women have no voice, justice is sometimes best served in a cup of wine or broth. Rome, 1656: Years later, Giulia forms her own circle of female poisoners to sell poison to women in need. But even in a time of plague, it doesn't go unnoticed that Rome's men are falling like flies. And with the new pope purging the city of witches and heretics, Giulia's more vulnerable than ever. How far will she go to continue her mother's legacy?