![]() ![]() ![]() Enter Guillaume de Tignonville, the chief law enforcement official, who is charged with the task of finding the man behind the conspiracy. Louis d’Orleans was no ordinary prince-he was the regent, who steered royal political, military and financial decisions when his brother, King Charles VI, suffered from his frequent bouts of crippling madness. To call Jager’s book, Blood Royal, “true crime”, doesn’t give it justice: it is history at its most thrilling and tactile, crime at its bloodiest, with consequences that would shake the nation and all of Western Europe. ![]() No felafel stands stood then, but the streets were not so different from what they are today. ![]() But historian and UCLA English Professor Eric Jager takes us through the Marais, down its busy streets to 1407, where the King’s brother, Louis d’Orleans, is savagely murdered by an organized band of axe-wielding men. Ancient Paris streets might now house boutiques, falafel stands and cafes. If you’ve been to Paris and London, you cannot help but feel physically and emotionally connected to the distant past. Ample free street parking, as well as parking under the building with validation $1 after 6:00pm. At the Goethe-Institut, 5750 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles 90036. ![]()
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