The Resource City of light, city of poison : murder, magic, and the first police chief of Paris, Holly Tucker
City of light, city of poison : murder, magic, and the first police chief of Paris, Holly Tucker
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- Summary
- Nicolas de La Reynie, appointed by Louis XIV as the first police chief of Paris, pursues criminals through the labyrinthine neighbourhoods 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxiii, 310 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- 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
- A note on currency
- "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".
- Burn notice
- 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
- Part I: "Day and night they kill here".
- "A strange agitation"
- Lock and key
- Crime capital of the world
- City of light
- The street at the end of the world
- To market
- Part II: King of hearts.
- Isbn
- 9780393239782
- Label
- City of light, city of poison : murder, magic, and the first police chief of Paris
- Title
- City of light, city of poison
- Title remainder
- murder, magic, and the first police chief of Paris
- Statement of responsibility
- Holly Tucker
- Subject
-
- trueCrime
- Crime -- France | Paris -- History -- 17th century
- La Reynie, Gabriel Nicolas de, 1625-1709
- Murder -- France | Paris -- History -- 17th century
- trueMurder investigation
- Paris (France) -- History -- 17th century
- trueParis, France
- truePolice
- Police -- France | Paris -- History -- 17th century
- trueScandals
- trueStreet life
- trueCity life
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Nicolas de La Reynie, appointed by Louis XIV as the first police chief of Paris, pursues criminals through the labyrinthine neighbourhoods 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
- Biography type
- individual biography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10554562
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Tucker, Holly
- Dewey number
- 944.361
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- portraits
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- La Reynie, Gabriel Nicolas de
- Paris (France)
- Police
- Crime
- Murder
- Paris (France)
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- murder, magic, and the first police chief of Paris
- Label
- City of light, city of poison : murder, magic, and the first police chief of Paris, Holly Tucker
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-296) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- still image
- cartographic image
- text
- Content type code
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- sti
- cri
- txt
- Content type MARC source
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- Contents
-
- 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
- A note on currency
- "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".
- Burn notice
- 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
- Part I: "Day and night they kill here".
- "A strange agitation"
- Lock and key
- Crime capital of the world
- City of light
- The street at the end of the world
- To market
- Part II: King of hearts.
- Control code
- 000059524228
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxiii, 310 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780393239782
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2016046270
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- YBP13012181
- Other physical details
- illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)951070822
- Label
- City of light, city of poison : murder, magic, and the first police chief of Paris, Holly Tucker
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-296) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- still image
- cartographic image
- text
- Content type code
-
- sti
- cri
- txt
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 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
- A note on currency
- "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".
- Burn notice
- 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
- Part I: "Day and night they kill here".
- "A strange agitation"
- Lock and key
- Crime capital of the world
- City of light
- The street at the end of the world
- To market
- Part II: King of hearts.
- Control code
- 000059524228
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxiii, 310 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780393239782
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2016046270
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- YBP13012181
- Other physical details
- illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)951070822
Subject
- trueCrime
- Crime -- France | Paris -- History -- 17th century
- La Reynie, Gabriel Nicolas de, 1625-1709
- Murder -- France | Paris -- History -- 17th century
- trueMurder investigation
- Paris (France) -- History -- 17th century
- trueParis, France
- truePolice
- Police -- France | Paris -- History -- 17th century
- trueScandals
- trueStreet life
- trueCity life
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