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A review by mwgerard
Blood Royal: A True Tale of Crime and Detection in Medieval Paris by Eric Jager
4.0
Centered around the brutal and shocking assassination of the Duke of Orleans, brother to the King of France.Returned home one night, he was set upon by a gang of mounted ruffians who bashed in his skull and left him for dead on the cobblestone street of Rue Vieille du Temple.
Jager’s retelling of the incident leads with an introduction of the Guillaume de Tigonville, “provost of Paris — the city’s chief of police. Knight, diplomat man of letters, and man of law, her was also very likely one of history’s first detectives”. Jager also gives the reader plenty of setting and background — even some illustrations — on medieval Paris, of France, and of European politics. He describes the complicated royal hierarchy and court system, tensions with England, and daily life in Paris.
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Jager’s retelling of the incident leads with an introduction of the Guillaume de Tigonville, “provost of Paris — the city’s chief of police. Knight, diplomat man of letters, and man of law, her was also very likely one of history’s first detectives”. Jager also gives the reader plenty of setting and background — even some illustrations — on medieval Paris, of France, and of European politics. He describes the complicated royal hierarchy and court system, tensions with England, and daily life in Paris.
Please support independent reviewers and read my full post here:
http://mwgerard.com/review-blood-royal-by-eric-jager/