![]() ![]() Sharon Wheeler - Times Higher EducationĪ fierce tale of conspiracy and retribution.… Thanks to Tucker’s sympathetic necromancy and her luscious resurrection of everyday detail, even in gilded palaces the human psyche seems familiarly deceitful and self-justifying. ![]() Tucker is a deft scene-setter, and there is an enjoyable whiff of The Untouchables about her evocation of the Parisian underworld, Louis XIV’s decision to clamp down on it, and the entry of her hero, La Reynie.… is excellent material for a romp, which is precisely what Tucker makes of it.Ĭity of Light, City of Poison a cop drama of sorts, intermingled with a historian’s tenacious pursuit of the evidence.… Tucker’s way with a lavish description will have you planning your all-star adaptation of the book.… Fascinating. Tucker tells the story as if it were a classic whodunit, bringing alive an extremely complicated and baffling series of events. Marilyn Stasio - New York Times Book Review Candice Millard, author of Hero of the Empire ![]() Full of danger, mystery, and excitement, it will keep you up well into the night, marveling at this forgotten world of dark intrigue. ![]() City of Light, City of Poison is not only a serious, meticulously researched work of nonfiction, it is an irresistible story. ![]()
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