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...Sorel, a cartoonist, has illustrated many magazine covers and children's books
...were led by 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...
...play is based on a stock premise. The members of the artistic and unconventional Bliss family have each invited one guest to their country home outside London for the weekend. The Blisses--Judith, David, Simon and Sorel--have romantic designs on their respective guests. As the weekend progresses the guests leave the Blisses who invited them and become blissfully involved with other Blisses...
...Sorel, Jacobina Martin stands out. Sorel realizes that her family has plunged headlong into the abyss of eccentricity and wants to do something to improve the situation. Martin manages to portray both sides of her character well, shifting easily between the personalities of a pouting child and a semi-sophisticated young woman. She cries and whines a lot, but she gives her character a tragicomic aura that earns the audience's sympathies...
Cover: Illustration by Edward Sorel...