On the eve of the worst winter in over a century and with France on the brink of war with the English, the 1400s in Paris were a tumultuous time. With a mentally unstable king and a collection of dukes, lords, and nobles vying for power in the background, disaster was just one assassination away. This is exactly what happened on the night of St. Clement's Day 1407, when the Duke of Orléans was attacked by a band of mysterious hooded men on his way to the palace, leaving the head of the investigation faces a difficult choice: turn a blind eye to crime and renounce any semblance of integrity, or uphold the law and plunge the country into civil war.
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Adams, Tracy & Rechtschaffen, Glenn (2013) Isabeau of Bavaria, Anne of France and the history of female regency in France. Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal, Volume 8, Fall 2013.
Jager, Eric (2014) Blood Royal: A true story of crime and detection in medieval Paris. Little Brown & Co. NY, USA.
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