City of Light, City of Poison: Murder, Magic, and the First Police Chief of Paris
'City of Light, City of Poison' by Holly Tucker is a true-crime narrative that details how Nicolas de La Reynie, the first police chief of Paris, battles a wave of murders, poisonings, and black magic in late 1600s Paris under Louis XIV, uncovering a network of criminals that reaches into the highest circles of the French court.
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