{"product_id":"the-chatelet-apprentice-the-nicolas-le-floch-investigations-1","title":"The Châtelet Apprentice: The Nicolas Le Floch Investigations 1","description":"\u003cp\u003eAdapted for television in France, the first of the Nicolas Le Floch mysteries tells the story of murder against the backdrop of the glittering court of Louis XV.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Has all the twists, turns and surprises the genre demands' Independent on Sunday \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's France, 1761. Beyond the glittering court of Louis XV and Madame de Pompadour at Versailles, lies Paris, a capital in the grip of crime and immorality ... A police officer disappears and Nicolas Le Floch, a young recruit to the force, is instructed to find him. When unidentified human remains suddenly come to light, he seems to have a murder investigation on his hands. As the city descends into Carnival debauchery, Le Floch will need all his skill, courage and integrity to unravel a mystery which threatens to implicate the highest in the land. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first in a series of six historical crime novels which has sold in excess of 400,000 copies in French. The author brings eighteenth-century Paris vividly to life and the story features real-life characters Madame de Pompadour and Louis XV as well as engaging hero Nicolas le Floch. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 401\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gallic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781906040062\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Michael Glencross (Translator),Jean-François Parot","offers":[{"title":"Poor Condition — £1.00","offer_id":48009818308785,"sku":"SB-1906040060-C4","price":1.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1906040060.jpg?v=1791421489","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-chatelet-apprentice-the-nicolas-le-floch-investigations-1","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}