Book description
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 tightly knit network of witches, poisoners and priests whose reachā¦
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1 author picked City of Light, City of Poison as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I grabbed thisĀ historical true crime nonfictionĀ book in order to conduct research for one of my own projects.Ā
This book is about the rampant crime in 1600s Paris and, by extension, the Affair of the Poisons and Louis, The Sun Kingās, solution. The kingās solution was to hire a police chief, La Reynie, to bring peace to the city streets. La Reynie ordered candles put in every window in the belief that the light would deter the criminal element, thus creating the City of Lights.
La Reynie was also the central investigator in the Affair of the Poisons andā¦
From Michelle's list on traveling back in time.
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