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EAN : 9782260021483
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 324
Size : 1 x 225 mm
Death Dressed in Crinoline

Release date : 06/03/2014
Serial murders in the era of crinolines: a Parisian mystery set during the Second French Empire.
In 1856, the Countess de Castiglione, a drop-dead beauty of Italian origin, readied herself for a spectacular entrance at the Bal des Tuileries before the imperial couple. Her mission was to capture the heart of Napoleon III who, dazzled by the most audacious crinoline dress ever seen, succumbed to her.... In 1856, the Countess de Castiglione, a drop-dead beauty of Italian origin, readied herself for a spectacular entrance at the Bal des Tuileries before the imperial couple. Her mission was to capture the heart of Napoleon III who, dazzled by the most audacious crinoline dress ever seen, succumbed to her. Seven years later, a young police officer, Dragan Vladeski, discovers the body of a woman with a slit throat, in a dress identical to the one worn by the countess the night of her triumphant conquest. Soon other cadavers, similarly clad, surface in every corner of the city. Can a dress, mythic as it may have been, be at the heart of this series of frightful murders? A captivating crime novel, as sumptuously written as the flamboyant garments it describes, remote souvenirs of bygone glory.
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EAN : 9782260021483
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 324
Size : 1 x 225 mm
Julliard