During the Franco-Prussian war of 1870, Paris is stuck in a proverbial gridlock.
Social and political tensions are mounting and the people are looking for any kind of distraction from their daily lives.
A grizzly series of murders provides that distraction.
Not only are the murders grotesque in nature but they have an interesting signature.
Each body is inscribed with a verse from the controversial Charles Baudelaire’s poetry written in Charles Baudelaire’s own hand.
There’s only one problem, Charles Baudelaire’s is dead.
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We all know there is a ton of historical fiction out there that takes place in Elizabethan England….typically in the court.
All is not as it seems. A simple phrase that could be dangerous in the wrong hands.
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