| The Crimes of Paris: A True Story of Murder, Theft, and Detection Contributor(s): Hoobler, Dorothy (Author), Hoobler, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 0316017906 ISBN-13: 9780316017909 Publisher: Little Brown and Company OUR PRICE: $28.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2009 Annotation: 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.... |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - France - Art | History - General - True Crime | Heists & Robberies |
| Dewey: 364.162 |
| LCCN: 2008042646 |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 6.1" W x 9.3" (1.40 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Cultural Region - French |
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| Publisher Description: 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.... |