The Crimes of Paris

A True Story of Murder, Theft, and Detection

Nonfiction, History, Modern, 19th Century, France, Social & Cultural Studies, True Crime
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Author: Dorothy Hoobler, Thomas Hoobler ISBN: 9780316052535
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Publication: April 27, 2009
Imprint: Little, Brown and Company Language: English
Author: Dorothy Hoobler, Thomas Hoobler
ISBN: 9780316052535
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Publication: April 27, 2009
Imprint: Little, Brown and Company
Language: English

Turn-of-the-century Paris was the beating heart of a rapidly changing world. Painters, scientists, revolutionaries, poets--all were there. But so, too, were the shadows: Paris was a violent, criminal place, its sinister alleyways the haunts of Apache gangsters and its cafes the gathering places of murderous anarchists. In 1911, it fell victim to perhaps the greatest theft of all time--the taking of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre. Immediately, Alphonse Bertillon, a detective world-renowned for pioneering crime-scene investigation techniques, was called upon to solve the crime. And quickly the Paris police had a suspect: a young Spanish artist named Pablo Picasso....

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Turn-of-the-century Paris was the beating heart of a rapidly changing world. Painters, scientists, revolutionaries, poets--all were there. But so, too, were the shadows: Paris was a violent, criminal place, its sinister alleyways the haunts of Apache gangsters and its cafes the gathering places of murderous anarchists. In 1911, it fell victim to perhaps the greatest theft of all time--the taking of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre. Immediately, Alphonse Bertillon, a detective world-renowned for pioneering crime-scene investigation techniques, was called upon to solve the crime. And quickly the Paris police had a suspect: a young Spanish artist named Pablo Picasso....

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