Blood Royal: A True Tale of Crime and Detection in Medieval Paris (Audio)
ISBN:
9781478951742 (1478951745)
Publish date: February 25th 2014
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Edition language: English
Wow, those French royals were just as messed up as those Brits! Engrossing book at a murder of a French royal and it’s aftermath. It does effect England because of it occurs during the 100 Years War. Jager’s writing is great and hearing Odo read it is wonderful. Nic...
bookshelves: published-2014, true-grime, nonfiction, history, winter-20132014, france, e-book, net-galley, paris Read from February 10 to 17, 2014 ARC received with thanks from Net Galley and Little, Brown and Company in exchange for an honest review.Description: A riveting true story of murder ...
It is France, and it is November, 1407. Charles VI is king, and unfortunately for himself, and particularly for his country, he is intermittently insane. (He will suffer over 50 bouts of madness in his 42 years on the French throne.) As a result, his brother, Louis, duke of Orleans, serves as his...
This book was really good. It was well-researched and informative. It may be dry info dump to some, but to me it was really entertaining.
11 years ago
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