Description
| Product ID: | 9781906040369 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Nicolas le Floch Investigates |
| Title: | Baker's Blood: Nicolas Le Floch Investigation #6 |
| Subtitle: | Nicolas Le Floch Investigation, Book 6 |
| Authors: | Author: Jean-Francois Parot, Howard Howard |
| Page Count: | 384 |
| Subjects: | Historical fiction, Historical fiction |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 1775. Commissioner Nicolas Le Floch is on a diplomatic mission to Vienna, ostensibly to deliver a bust of Marie Antoinette to her mother, the Empress Maria Theresa. His real task however, is to investigate the breakdown of French secret intelligence in Austria. In the sixth of the Nicolas Le Floch mysteries, Le Floch investigates a baker’s death amid outcry at soaring bread prices, told ''in splendid period detail'' [Sunday Times]. ‘An engaging murder mystery'' FT 1775. Commissioner Nicolas Le Floch is on a diplomatic mission to Vienna, ostensibly to deliver a bust of Marie Antoinette to her mother, the Empress Maria Theresa. His real task, however, is to investigate the breakdown of French secret intelligence in Austria. The city is a hotbed of plotting – and Nicolas only just survives an attempt on his life. On his return to France, Paris is in turmoil. The soaring price of grain and bread is causing widespread social unrest, and Nicolas’ first police case is the unexplained death of a baker. Could it be that events in the French capital are somehow connected to his experiences in Vienna …? |
| Imprint Name: | Gallic Books |
| Publisher Name: | Gallic Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2012-04-01 |
