Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Mu...
Holly Tucker"Excellent. . . . Tucker's chronicle of the world of 17th-century science in London and Paris is fascinating."—The EconomistIn December 1667, maverick physician Jean Denis transfused calf's blood into one of Paris's most ...
City of Light, City of Poison: Murder...
Holly Tucker"Tucker writes with gusto . . . high drama."―Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review In the late 1600s, Louis XIV assigns Nicolas de la Reynie to bring order to Paris after the brutal deaths of two magistrates. Reynie, ...