![]() (Starred Review) “Full of danger, mystery, and excitement, it will keep you up well into the night, marveling at this forgotten world of dark intrigue.” ∼Jonah Raskin, New York Journal of Books∼ “Vividly brings to life a slice of Parisian history in this rigorously researched true-crime epic…reads like a combination of the most compelling mystery fiction and Dumas’s romances of twisted court intrigues.” with great gusto and with an amazing array of facts.” ∼Thad Cahart, Newsday∼ “Holly Tucker tells story. ∼Kelly Faircloth, Jezebel∼ “a classic whodunit, bringing alive an extremely complicated and baffling series of events.” ∼Booklist∼ “The book reads like Law and Order: 17th Century Parisian Poisoners Unit.” ∼Gordon O’Sullivan, Historic Novel Society∼ “Completely absorbing.” ∼The Economist∼ “Spellbound by the City of Poison: Holly Tucker’s new book on 17th-century Paris” ![]() ∼The New Yorker∼ “A meticulous historian” “Blends an artful reconstruction of seventeenth-century Paris with riveting storytelling, presenting a contest between terror and surveillance that has strong contemporary resonances” ![]()
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