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Bezig met laden... The Crimes of Paris: A True Story of Murder, Theft, and Detectiondoor Dorothy Hoobler
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. They use the Mona Lisa story as a hook, it is a very small portion of the narrative, It doesn't matter, though, because the catalogue of other crimes on order is full and a mini-history of French forensics is provided. Enjoyable read ( ) The pacing was strange. The long introduction was a bit of a slog, and spacing the Mona Lisa mystery out as the author did was vaguely frustrating, especially because there wasn't quite enough content to it to justify its prominence in the book. There were lots of interesting anecdotes (like Picasso's involvement in the Mona Lisa affair), the history of the detective novel was pretty interesting, and so was the stuff on the history of criminal identification (from pre-Bertillonage to fingerprints). I'm sure it was tough to get all this to hang together, and the author mostly succeeded. But it was still a choppy read sometimes. I picked this book up because it was about the theft of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre at the turn of the century. I love books that deal with real art and/or artists wrapped into the fictional story. (suggestions always welcome) With this book I was slightly deceived, but very pleasantly so. The book talks about Paris in general and crime in Paris specifically, at the end of the 19th century. Anyone interested in CSI procedures and their development coupled with true crime stories would love this book. I found it quite informative and fascinating. And yes, the book does get the theft of the painting as well. I was so enthralled with the reading it almost didn’t matter. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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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.... Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)364.162870944361Social sciences Social problems and services; associations Criminology Crimes and Offenses Crimes of property TheftLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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