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Blood Hand

Release date : 20/10/2022
A criminal investigation full of twists and turns in the Paris of 1800, where rumours are circulating that Napoleon has been killed at Marengo - grist to the mill of the powerful Talleyrand and Fouché as they plot their next moves.
A tapestry of the political morals under the Consulate as much as a crime novel set over two hundred years ago. A secret investigation unfolds over the course of three days in June 1800 during which Paris has no news of Napoleon, engaged in a battle at Marengo whose outcome... A tapestry of the political morals under the Consulate as much as a crime novel set over two hundred years ago. A secret investigation unfolds over the course of three days in June 1800 during which Paris has no news of Napoleon, engaged in a battle at Marengo whose outcome remains uncertain. Three days that are a fertile breeding ground for rumours and plots as the powerful, via shady manoeuvres and manipulation, seek to hold on to power. There is Joséphine, who could lose power altogether, Napoleon’s brother Lucien who is preparing to seize it, and those two implacable enemies Talleyrand and Fouché, who are determined to retain it.
Amid all this conflict, two characters – Julie and Armand – who have survived the turmoil of the Revolution team up to investigate a series of brutal murders in a Paris that has become a powder keg. Meanwhile, determined to remain above the mêlée, the two big beasts, Talleyrand and Fouché, are pulling all the strings through Julie and Armand and even decide to join forces to pursue their own conflicting agendas…
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EAN : 9782258202399
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DRM : DRM Adobe
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