Bibliograph

City of light, city of poison, murder, magic, and the first police chief of Paris, Holly Tucker

Type

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City of light, city of poison, murder, magic, and the first police chief of Paris, Holly Tucker

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

City of light, city of poison

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

951070822

Responsibility statement

Holly Tucker

Sub title

murder, magic, and the first police chief of Paris

Summary

Nicolas de La Reynie, appointed by Louis XIV as the first police chief of Paris, pursues criminals through the labyrinthine neighborhoods of the city, unearths a tightly knit cabal of poisoners, witches, and renegade priests, and discovers that the distance between the quiet backstabbing world of the king's court and the criminal underground is disturbingly short. As he continues his investigations, La Reynie suspects that Louis's mistresses are involved in many of the nefarious plots he has uncovered, and he must decide just how far he will go to protect his king. Tucker has crafted a gripping true-crime tale of deception and murder based on thousands of pages of court transcripts and La Reynie's notebooks, letters, and diaries

Target audience

adult

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