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Death In The City Of Light The True Story of the Serial Killer Who Terrorised Wartime Paris

King, David
Heftet / 2012 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780751548457
Publisert
2012
Utgiver
Vendor
Sphere
Vekt
356 gr
Høyde
199 mm
Bredde
183 mm
Dybde
31 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
432

Forfatter
King, David

Om bidragsyterne

David King is the author of Vienna, 1814; How the Conquerors of Napoleon Made Love, War, and Peace at the Congress of Vienna and Finding Atlantis: A True Story of Genius, Madness, and an Extraordinary Quest for a Lost World. He is a Fulbright scholar with a master's degree from Cambridge University and lives in Lexington, Kentucky, with his wife and children.

Death In The City Of Light The True Story of the Serial Killer Who Terrorised Wartime Paris

King, David
Heftet / 2012 / Engelsk
King, David
Heftet / 2012 / Engelsk
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<p>As compelling as a thriller and hauntingly grim</p>

Sunday Times

You won't read many better true crime books.

Evening Standard

A must for those who addictively consume the fact-fiction thrillers of Erik Larson and Ben Macintyre

Daily Mail

Se alle

Expertly written and completely absorbing.

Kirkus

True-crime at its best

Booklist

This fascinating . . . account combines a police procedural with a vivid historical portrait of culture and law enforcement in Nazi-occupied France

Publishers Weekly

A new masterpiece of true-crime writing

Salon.com

THE MOST AMAZING TRUE STORY SINCE AGENT ZIGZAGOCCUPIED PARIS, 1944.A swastika crowns the Eiffel Tower.Nazis march through the streets.And in the dark heart of the city, a madman is at work . . .At a chic Right Bank address, a horrific pile of dismembered bodies is discovered. The property's owner, well-to-do Dr Petiot, immediately becomes the prime suspect, but he has vanished without a trace. As the police delve into the doctor's past, a disturbing history of violence and corruption is uncovered. It seems like a cut-and-dried case, but the investigation soon takes a surprising turn. Is Petiot a sadistic serial killer or a hero of the Resistance? Who are his victims?In this fascinating true account of a case that gripped wartime Paris, David King draws extensively on new sources to paint a chilling portrait of a murderer whose crimes devastated a city already in the grip of evil.
Les mer
The sensational true story of the serial killer who stalked the streets of Nazi-occupied Paris.
THE MOST AMAZING TRUE STORY SINCE AGENT ZIGZAGOCCUPIED PARIS, 1944.A swastika crowns the Eiffel Tower.Nazis march through the streets.And in the dark heart of the city, a madman is at work . . .At a chic Right Bank address, a horrific pile of dismembered bodies is discovered. The property's owner, well-to-do Dr Petiot, immediately becomes the prime suspect, but he has vanished without a trace. As the police delve into the doctor's past, a disturbing history of violence and corruption is uncovered. It seems like a cut-and-dried case, but the investigation soon takes a surprising turn. Is Petiot a sadistic serial killer or a hero of the Resistance? Who are his victims?In this fascinating true account of a case that gripped wartime Paris, David King draws extensively on new sources to paint a chilling portrait of a murderer whose crimes devastated a city already in the grip of evil.
Les mer
As compelling as a thriller and hauntingly grim
As compelling as a thriller and hauntingly grim. - Sunday TimesExpertly written and completely absorbing. - KirkusTrue-crime at its best. - BooklistThis fascinating...account combines a police procedural with a vivid historical portrait of culture and law enforcement in Nazi-occupied France. - Publishers WeeklyA new masterpiece of true-crime writing. - Salon.com
Les mer
The sensational true story of the serial killer who stalked the streets of Nazi-occupied Paris.

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<p>As compelling as a thriller and hauntingly grim</p>

Sunday Times

You won't read many better true crime books.

Evening Standard

A must for those who addictively consume the fact-fiction thrillers of Erik Larson and Ben Macintyre

Daily Mail

Se alle

Expertly written and completely absorbing.

Kirkus

True-crime at its best

Booklist

This fascinating . . . account combines a police procedural with a vivid historical portrait of culture and law enforcement in Nazi-occupied France

Publishers Weekly

A new masterpiece of true-crime writing

Salon.com

THE MOST AMAZING TRUE STORY SINCE AGENT ZIGZAGOCCUPIED PARIS, 1944.A swastika crowns the Eiffel Tower.Nazis march through the streets.And in the dark heart of the city, a madman is at work . . .At a chic Right Bank address, a horrific pile of dismembered bodies is discovered. The property's owner, well-to-do Dr Petiot, immediately becomes the prime suspect, but he has vanished without a trace. As the police delve into the doctor's past, a disturbing history of violence and corruption is uncovered. It seems like a cut-and-dried case, but the investigation soon takes a surprising turn. Is Petiot a sadistic serial killer or a hero of the Resistance? Who are his victims?In this fascinating true account of a case that gripped wartime Paris, David King draws extensively on new sources to paint a chilling portrait of a murderer whose crimes devastated a city already in the grip of evil.
Les mer
The sensational true story of the serial killer who stalked the streets of Nazi-occupied Paris.
THE MOST AMAZING TRUE STORY SINCE AGENT ZIGZAGOCCUPIED PARIS, 1944.A swastika crowns the Eiffel Tower.Nazis march through the streets.And in the dark heart of the city, a madman is at work . . .At a chic Right Bank address, a horrific pile of dismembered bodies is discovered. The property's owner, well-to-do Dr Petiot, immediately becomes the prime suspect, but he has vanished without a trace. As the police delve into the doctor's past, a disturbing history of violence and corruption is uncovered. It seems like a cut-and-dried case, but the investigation soon takes a surprising turn. Is Petiot a sadistic serial killer or a hero of the Resistance? Who are his victims?In this fascinating true account of a case that gripped wartime Paris, David King draws extensively on new sources to paint a chilling portrait of a murderer whose crimes devastated a city already in the grip of evil.
Les mer
As compelling as a thriller and hauntingly grim
As compelling as a thriller and hauntingly grim. - Sunday TimesExpertly written and completely absorbing. - KirkusTrue-crime at its best. - BooklistThis fascinating...account combines a police procedural with a vivid historical portrait of culture and law enforcement in Nazi-occupied France. - Publishers WeeklyA new masterpiece of true-crime writing. - Salon.com
Les mer
The sensational true story of the serial killer who stalked the streets of Nazi-occupied Paris.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780751548457
Publisert
2012
Utgiver
Vendor
Sphere
Vekt
356 gr
Høyde
199 mm
Bredde
183 mm
Dybde
31 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
432

Forfatter
King, David

Om bidragsyterne

David King is the author of Vienna, 1814; How the Conquerors of Napoleon Made Love, War, and Peace at the Congress of Vienna and Finding Atlantis: A True Story of Genius, Madness, and an Extraordinary Quest for a Lost World. He is a Fulbright scholar with a master's degree from Cambridge University and lives in Lexington, Kentucky, with his wife and children.

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