The Ch?telet Apprentice (A Nicolas Le Floch Investigation)

Parot, Jean-Fran?ois

ISBN 10: 1906040060 / ISBN 13: 9781906040062

Verlag: Gallic Books, 2013

Good condition ex-library book with usual library markings and stickers. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 00095318013

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Adapted for television in France, the first of the Nicolas Le Floch mysteries tells the story of murder against the backdrop of the glittering court of Louis XV.

'Has all the twists, turns and surprises the genre demands' Independent on Sunday

It's France, 1761. Beyond the glittering court of Louis XV and Madame de Pompadour at Versailles, lies Paris, a capital in the grip of crime and immorality ... A police officer disappears and Nicolas Le Floch, a young recruit to the force, is instructed to find him. When unidentified human remains suddenly come to light, he seems to have a murder investigation on his hands. As the city descends into Carnival debauchery, Le Floch will need all his skill, courage and integrity to unravel a mystery which threatens to implicate the highest in the land. 

This is the first in a series of six historical crime novels which has sold in excess of 400,000 copies in French. The author brings eighteenth-century Paris vividly to life and the story features real-life characters Madame de Pompadour and Louis XV as well as engaging hero Nicolas le Floch. 

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Jean-François Parot was a diplomat and historian. He is the author of the Nicolas Le Floch mysteries, which take place in eighteenth century France. The novels, beginning with The Châtelet Apprentice, have been adapted as a successful TV series shown on France 2. Parot died in 2018.

Michael Glencross lives and works in France as a translator. His most recent translations into English include The Dream by Emile Zola and Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne.

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Titel: The Ch?telet Apprentice (A Nicolas Le Floch ...
Verlag: Gallic Books
Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: Good