by Jean-François Parot · Jean-Claude Lattes · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782264031761
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«L'Homme au ventre de plomb» is the historical crime novel by Jean-François Parot, published by Jean-Claude Lattès in paperback (311 pages, in French).
In late 1761, in Paris, Nicolas Le Floch investigates the death of the son of a courtier close to the dauphin, presented by the family as a suicide. The inquiries point to a possible Jesuit plot, but behind the appearances hides a network of interests and political manoeuvres at the court of Louis XV.
Second instalment of the «Nicolas Le Floch» series, published in 2001. Nicolas Le Floch, the protagonist, is a police commissioner of the Châtelet in Paris.
For fans of historical mystery and palace intrigues in eighteenth-century France.
Jean-François Parot was a French diplomat and author of historical mysteries, known for his Nicolas Le Floch series.
