City of Light, City of Poison: Murder, Magic, and the First Police Chief of Paris
Holly Tucker$13.56
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In the late 1600s, Louis XIV assigns Nicolas de la Reynie to bring order to Paris after the brutal deaths of two magistrates. Reynie, pragmatic and fearless, discovers a network of witches, poisoners, and priests whose reach extends all the way to the king's court at Versailles. Based on court transcripts and Reynie's compulsive note-taking, Holly Tucker's engrossing true-crime narrative makes the characters breathe on the page as she follows the police chief into the dark labyrinths of crime-ridden Paris, the halls of royal palaces, secret courtrooms, and torture chambers.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 04/10/2018
ISBN: 9780393355437
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.00d