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The Crimes Of Paris Dorothy Hoobler

The Crimes Of Paris By Dorothy Hoobler

The Crimes Of Paris by Dorothy Hoobler


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A chronicle of crimes in Belle Epoque Paris - including the Mona Lisa's theft - and the detective who used science to solve them.

The Crimes Of Paris Summary

The Crimes Of Paris: A True Story of Murder, Theft, and Detection by Dorothy Hoobler

Turn-of-the-century Paris was the beating heart of a rapidly changing world. Painters, scientists, revolutionaries, poets - all were there. But so, too, were the shadows: Paris was a violent, criminal place, its sinister alleyways the haunts of Apache gangsters and its cafes the gathering places of murderous anarchists. In 1911, it fell victim to perhaps the greatest theft of all time - the taking of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre. Immediately, Alphonse Bertillon, a detective world-renowned for pioneering crime-scene investigation techniques, was called upon to solve the crime. And quickly the Paris police had a suspect: a young Spanish artist named Pablo Picasso...

About Dorothy Hoobler

Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler, a married couple, are the authors of The Monsters, a chronicle of the creation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Their novel, In Darkness, Death, won a 2005 Edgar Award. They live in New York City

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GOR004908784
9780316017909
0316017906
The Crimes Of Paris: A True Story of Murder, Theft, and Detection by Dorothy Hoobler
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Little, Brown & Company
20090401
400
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