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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Tucker, Holly.     Subjects     La Reynie, Gabriel Nicolas de, 1625-1709.     Police -- France -- Paris -- History -- 17th century.     Crime -- France -- Paris -- History -- 17th century.     Murder -- France -- Paris -- History -- 17th century.     Paris (France) -- History -- 17th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Tucker, Holly.       by title:      City of light, city ...       by call number:      363.20944 T892c     Search the Web     Tucker, Holly.     La Reynie, Gabriel Nicolas de, 1625-1709.     Police -- France -- Paris -- History -- 17th century.     Crime -- France -- Paris -- History -- 17th century.     Murder -- France -- Paris -- History -- 17th century.     Paris (France) -- History -- 17th century.       MARC Display

City of light, city of poison : murder, magic, and the first police chief of Paris / Holly Tucker. by Tucker, Holly. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2017] Call #: 363.20944 T892c Subjects La Reynie, Gabriel Nicolas de, 1625-1709.   Police -- France -- Paris -- History -- 17th century.   Crime -- France -- Paris -- History -- 17th century.   Murder -- France -- Paris -- History -- 17th century.   Paris (France) -- History -- 17th century. ISBN:  9780393239782 (hc.) Edition:  First edition Description:  xxiii, 310 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; 25 cm Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index Contents:  A note on currency -- Burn notice -- Part I: "Day and night they kill here". Crime capital of the world -- City of light -- The street at the end of the world -- To market -- Part II: King of hearts. Agitation without disorder -- The dew and the torrent -- The door marked 1 -- "He will ... strangle me" -- Part III: "She will turn us all into poisoners". The golden viper -- "Madame is dying, madame is dead!" -- Poison in the pie -- An alchemist's last words -- The faithful servant -- "Brinvilliers is in the air" -- Part IV: "Cease your scandals". House of porcelain -- Offering -- "The sneakiest and meanest woman in the world" -- "Burn after reading" -- Dinner guests -- The question -- Monsters -- Part V: "She gave her soul gently to the Devil". Quanto -- Search and seizure -- A noble pair -- The burning chamber -- "Beginning to talk" -- Fortune-teller -- "From one fire to another" -- Part VI: Wicked truths. The poisoner's daughter -- Sacrifices -- "A strange agitation" -- Lock and key 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. Genre:  True crime. Holds:  1   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Captain William Spry Public Library Adult Nonfiction 363.20944 T892c Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 363.20944 T892c Adult books Transit Request Add Copy to MyList

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