Summary of Eric Jager's Blood Royal

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 On October 14, 1407, two condemned men were brought to the gibbet at the Montfaucon hill in Paris. The execution was attended by a crowd of spectators, who were there to watch the two hanged men struggle and kick their way out of this world and into the next. #2 The provost of Paris, Guillaume de Tignonville, led the procession that day. He was the city's chief of police, judge, and district attorney. He enforced the trade statutes governing silk makers, armorers, and other artisans' guilds. #3 Guillaume de Montmorency was the provost of Paris, and he was in charge of enforcing the king's laws. He was a highly intelligent and cultivated man, and he was loyal to the king. #4 Guillaume was a man of letters as well as a knight, diplomat, and officer of the law. He was also a man who was devoted to the law and to his family. He had a wife and a daughter, and he lived with them in the city.

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