The Rhetoric of Death
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781101448946 (1101448946)
Publish date: October 5th 2010
Publisher: Berkley Books
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
Category:
Literature,
Cultural,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Adult,
Mystery,
Detective,
Historical Mystery,
Crime,
France,
Suspense,
17th Century
Series: Charles Du Luc (#1)
bookshelves: published-2010, under-500-ratings, paper-read, one-penny-wonder, series, first-in-series, mystery-thriller, historical-fiction, france, summer-2015, protestant, roman-catholic, religion, art-forms, paris Recommended to Bettie☯ by: Susanna - Censored by GoodReads Read from May 27 to A...
The end saved this book. The mystery was a decent one but the book itself could have been about 100 pages shorter.
Charles du Luc, a Jesuit maitre (he has not yet taken his final vows) is on his way to the Jesuit school of Louis le Grand, in the Latin Quarter of Paris, in the summer of 1686. He has just helped his Protestant cousin Petronelle and her daughter across the border to Geneva. (They were in danger f...
Book 1, in the Charles Du Luc seriesThis debut novel is a patchwork of known events and a lot of imagination by a very active mind. This historical fiction spins a tale of interesting and rich details set in the sumptuous Paris of the 17th century France. The opening act is staged at the college of ...