City of Light, City of Poison - Murder, Magic, and the First Police Chief of ParisPaperback
City of Light, City of Poison - Murder, Magic, and the First Police Chief of ParisPaperback Appointed to conquer the "crime capital of the world," the first police chief of Paris faces an epidemic of…
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City of Light, City of Poison - Murder, Magic, and the First Police Chief of ParisPaperback
Appointed to conquer the "crime capital of the world," the first police chief of Paris faces an epidemic of murder in the late 1600s. He unearths a tightly knit cabal of poisoners, witches, and renegade priests. Assigned by Louis XIV, Nicolas de La Reynie begins by clearing the streets of filth and installing lanterns throughout Paris, turning it into the City of Light.The fearless La Reynie pursues criminals through the labyrinthine neighborhoods of the city.
In a world where a royal glance can turn success into disgrace, the distance between the quietly back-stabbing world of the king's court and the criminal underground proves disturbingly short. As he exposes their unholy work, he soon learns that no one is safe from black magic--not even the Sun King. Nobles settle scores by employing witches to craft poisons and by hiring priests to perform dark rituals in Paris's most
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