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City of Light, City of Poison: Magic, Murder, and the First Police Chief of Paris
City of Light City of Poison Magic Murder and the First Police Chief of Paris
Author: Holly Tucker
Appointed to conquer the ?crime capital of the world,? the first Paris police chief faces an epidemic of murder.In the late 1600s, Louis XIV assigns Nicolas de la Reynie to bring order to the city of Paris after the brutal deaths of two magistrates. Reynie, pragmatic yet fearless, tackles the dirty and terrifying streets only to discover a tight...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780393239782
ISBN-10: 0393239780
Publication Date: 3/21/2017
Pages: 352
Edition: 1
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Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Book Type: Hardcover
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