![]() (Some of these places appear in my new historical thriller, Blood Royal: A True Tale of Crime and Detection in Medieval Paris.) This walking tour winds through Paris streets where powerful nobles once rode to and from their palaces, where assassins lurked to ambush them, and where ordinary people lived and watched history unfold before their eyes. You can turn a corner and suddenly see an old city wall, a Gothic doorway-or a crime scene where brutal deeds long ago changed the course of history. ![]() In the Marais, one of the city’s oldest quarters, the past is all around you if you know where to look. ![]() In Paris, you can walk in history’s footsteps: A street lined by newer buildings may in fact be very old, preserving an outline of the medieval city and a vanished way of life. ![]() By Eric Jager, author of Blood Royal: A True Tale of Crime and Detection in Medieval Paris ![]()
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