Your Entire Life as the King's Food Taster at Versailles (Birth to Death)

You're born in 1660 in Paris, the son of a pastry cook. You'll scrub pots as a kitchen boy, watch Paris go mad during the biggest poison scandal in French history, and spend your family's fortune on a strange job: drinking the king's wine before he does. For thirty years you stand two steps behind Louis XIV at Versailles. Nobody ever poisons him. But something else is coming for you. ⏱️ Chapters 0:00 If anyone poisons him, it kills you first 0:32 Age 0: The pastry cook's son 1:04 Age 9: Kitchen boy 1:40 Age 16: The Marquise 2:14 Age 19: Inheritance powder 2:53 Age 22: The job you buy 3:32 Age 22: The ritual 4:15 Age 25: A king's appetite 4:52 Age 30: The truth about tasting 5:28 Age 35: The good life 6:04 Age 48: The long winter 6:37 Age 49: The last march 7:05 Then you died 📚 Sources Geneawiki, Le cérémonial du dîner du Roi Geneawiki, Officiers de la Bouche du Roi Louis XIV au jour le jour, Le repas du Roi (7 January 1681) Wikipedia: Affair of the Poisons JSTOR Daily, The hidden poisons of the royal court Wikipedia: Food taster Wikipedia: Great Frost of 1709 This is Versailles Madame, Eau de la Reine de Hongrie: Rodama, A trade in leftovers Intermèdes, À la table du Roi-Soleil Some details (your family, Madeleine, your children, your exact office, your age and cause of death) are illustrative choices within historical limits. ◀️ Previous life: Your Entire Life as a Plague Doctor ▶️ Live every life:    • Your Entire Life as… (Birth to Death)   🔔 Subscribe to live a new life every few days. #versailles #history #stickman #paris