Blood royal : a true tale of crime and detection in medieval Paris / Eric Jager.

First edition.

9780316224512 hardcover
0316224510 hardcover

New York : Little, Brown and Company, [2014]

English

323 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

DC101.7.O7 J34 2014

944.026092

On a chilly November night in 1407, Louis of Orleans was murdered by a band of masked men. The crime stunned and paralyzed France since Louis had often ruled in place of his brother King Charles, who had gone mad. As panic seized Paris, an investigation began. In charge was the Provost of Paris, Guillaume de Tignonville, the city's chief law enforcement officer, and one of history's first detectives. As de Tignonville began to investigate, he realized that his hunt for the truth was much more dangerous than he ever could have imagined. A rich portrait of a distant world, BLOOD ROYAL is a gripping story of conspiracy, crime and an increasingly desperate hunt for the truth. And in Guillaume de Tignonville, we have an unforgettable detective for the ages, a classic gumshoe for a cobblestoned era.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-313) and index.

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