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...Philippe Charlier, a forensic scientist at the Raymond Poincar? Hospital in Garches, near Paris. A leading figure in matters medieval and macabre, Charlier has used forensics to investigate the deaths of other historical figures. Following a series of tests in 2006 on the remains of Agn?s Sorel, mistress of Charles VII, whose premature death has long been a source of historical debate, Charlier announced she had been killed by mercury poisoning. "History and forensic science are crossing paths more and more frequently," said Charlier. "Forensics now gives us the scientific means to perform autopsies on the past...
...loneliness is the top topic on its hotline for pastors' wives. After all, a PW can hardly discuss marital woes or child-raising tribulations with her husband's flock, and colleagues or other friends outside the church don't get life inside it. "The church becomes their husband's mistress, and they in many ways lose their identity," says H.B. London, head of pastoral ministries for Focus on the Family and author of Married to a Pastor. "The expectations a lot of times are overwhelming. Although they enjoy what they do, they deal with anger...
...unsavory details of his second divorce (familiar to anyone who picked up a New York City tabloid at the time): Giuliani's wife got the news that they were splitting when he announced it at a press conference, and then the couple squabbled over whether she or his mistress would get to stay in Gracie Mansion, the mayor's official residence. Now there is an additional, painfully raw story line about how his third marriage has left him estranged from his children...
...possibly three, Mercedes-Benz, a $300,000 condo in Colorado and a $345,000 house in Florida. He also had more than $3 million in an investment fund and several hundred thousand dollars in a trust fund for his daughter. Department insiders say Gerber had a mistress with whom he frequently traveled to exotic places...
Château de Massillan (33-4-90-40-64-51; chateau-de-massillan.com is small and really nice. It was a formal getaway for the mistress of Henry II, Diane de Poitier...