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Uneven telling of the assassination of Louis, Duke of Orleans, in 1407. The first half tries too hard to be an historical true crime book. It is quite clunky as it goes through witness statements. Plus, the crime is solved halfway through and the “detective“ disappears from the narrative. The second half works though as it focuses on the outcome of the killing as it tore France apart. That's very interesting , but you have to slog for a while.

Excellent non-fiction work using the actual scroll recounting the investigation of the murder of Louis, of the house of Orleans by (nope no spoilers here) well if you are familiar with 14th century France and the 100 years war and Joan of Arc you may know. A bloody time full of mad kings, vengance (why is it usually taken out on peasant women) ending with Joan of Arc after the House of Orleans finally gets its revenge. Read by Rene Auberjonois4⭐️

I enjoyed this audiobook with a few minor quibbles. The story was interesting and it was a piece of history I knew nothing about previously. That said I might have been better off reading instead of listening as there was a great deal of detail. There was also a lot of repetitive minutae that maybe wasn't strictly necessary.

Didn't get as far as I had hoped in my audiobook yesterday but I have an extra long walk to run errands today so hopefully I do better.