The Crimes of Paris (häftad)
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Format
Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
400
Utgivningsdatum
2009-08-01
Förlag
Little, Brown & Company
Illustrationer
Section: 16, b/w photos
Dimensioner
236 x 155 x 36 mm
Vikt
636 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9780316017909

The Crimes of Paris

A True Story of Murder, Theft, and Detection

av Dorothy Hoobler, Thomas Hoobler
Inbunden,  Engelska, 2009-08-01
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Turn-of-the-century Paris was the beating heart of a rapidly changing world. Painters, scientists, revolutionaries, poets - all were there. But so, too, were the shadows: Paris was a violent, criminal place, its sinister alleyways the haunts of Apache gangsters and its cafes the gathering places of murderous anarchists. In 1911, it fell victim to perhaps the greatest theft of all time - the taking of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre. Immediately, Alphonse Bertillon, a detective world-renowned for pioneering crime-scene investigation techniques, was called upon to solve the crime. And quickly the Paris police had a suspect: a young Spanish artist named Pablo Picasso...
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.".. A thorough and at times disturbing view of turn-of-the-century Paris, and its crimes and passions...Francophiles and true-crime lovers will find the book a fascinating read...a fulfilling read for those of us who like to stalk the wild side from a cozy armchair, perhaps with a side of pate." "Minneapolis Star-Tribune""

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Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler, a married couple, are the authors of The Monsters, a chronicle of the creation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Their novel, In Darkness, Death, won a 2005 Edgar Award. They live in New York City

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