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...de Brinvilliers who used arsenic, among other things, to murder members of her family to inherit property, and Madeleine Smith who allegedly murdered her lover in Glasgow in the 1850s. Famous victims of arsenic poisoning include: King George III whose hair was found to contain large amounts of arsenic. Napoleon Bonaparte who may have been poisoned by the copper arsenite...

...de la Frontera in Andalusia, Spain] All these sherries can be described as dry, with the more familiar cream sherry being made by mixing the oxidised Oloroso with a very sweet sherry made from a different grape, called Pedro Ximenez or PX. The fortified wine is aged in barrels made from American oak in a system known as a solera. Effectively the barrels are placed on top...