City of Light, City of Poison: Murder, Magic, and the First Police Chief of Paris

Nonfiction, History, Modern, 17th Century, France, Biography & Memoir
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Author: Holly Tucker ISBN: 9780393248845
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Publication: March 21, 2017
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company Language: English
Author: Holly Tucker
ISBN: 9780393248845
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication: March 21, 2017
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English

“Tucker writes with gusto . . . high drama.”—Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review

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.

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“Tucker writes with gusto . . . high drama.”—Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review

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.

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