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Holly Tucker

Holly Tucker is the author of City of Light, City of Poison and Blood Work, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year, and is a professor of French at Vanderbilt University. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee, and Aix-en-Provence, France.

Holly Tucker

Books by Holly Tucker

Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution
Holly Tucker
Paperback, 2012
"Excellent…Tucker’s chronicle of the world of 17th-century science in London and Paris is fascinating." —The Economist
City of Light, City of Poison: Murder, Magic, and the First Police Chief of Paris
Holly Tucker
Hardback, 2017
Appointed to conquer the "crime capital of the world", the first Paris police chief faces an epidemic of murder.
City of Light, City of Poison: Murder, Magic, and the First Police Chief of Paris
Holly Tucker
Paperback, 2018
Appointed to conquer the "crime capital of the world", the first Paris police chief faces an epidemic of murder.
Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution
Holly Tucker
E Book, 2012
"Excellent…Tucker’s chronicle of the world of 17th-century science in London and Paris is fascinating." —The Economist
City of Light, City of Poison: Murder, Magic, and the First Police Chief of Paris
Holly Tucker
E Book, 2017
Appointed to conquer the "crime capital of the world", the first Paris police chief faces an epidemic of murder.

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Holly Tucker

Books by Holly Tucker

Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution

City of Light, City of Poison: Murder, Magic, and the First Police Chief of Paris

City of Light, City of Poison: Murder, Magic, and the First Police Chief of Paris

Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution

City of Light, City of Poison: Murder, Magic, and the First Police Chief of Paris