Know anyone in Louisville? Spread the word! I'll be at Carmichael's Books tonight. Poison! Paris! http://www.carmichaelsbookstore.com/event/holly-tucker-0.

Hi everyone ! I'm sending my monthly author newsletter out tonight. Here's the sign-up link if you want to get news! Http://holly-tucker.com

This is a -gorgeous- book. Fantastic cocktails with St Germain--easily the most beautiful bottle ever made!

Wow...just wow. I can't tell you how many times as an author I've dreamed of seeing my book at the airport bookstore. A Facebook friend spotted it in Minneapolis! # bucketlist

Brunch listening to a brilliant talk by Laura Lippman

That time when you grab a sandwich, open the local paper, and see your own book in the pages!

Thinking the book plates turned out well! That's a 17th century map in the background.

Lots more goodies if you pre-order now!
http://www.holly-tucker.com/city-of-light-city-of-poison-preorder/

Merci @bookriot for including me in your "100 Must Read Books on the History of Medicine." #11. Wow!
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London Book Fair, my literary agency's foreign rights table. Book is coming out in the UK, Taiwan, China. London and Frankfort Fairs are where other territories get negotiated.

Paris is always a good idea.

Help make this author's dream happen? If you are thinking of ordering CITY OF LIGHT, will you do it now?

My publishers says it has shot at the "lists"!! What matters is how many books are sold in a given week. And all pre-orders count for the first week.

Everyone who pre-orders gets EXCLUSIVE GIFT PACK. Including French lavender for 40 lucky readers!

Merci BEAUCOUP!

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Wow, what a great first paragraph. THE LIGHT OF PARIS. --Eleanor Brown

Catherine Voisin lived in the downtrodden Montorgeuil neighborhood of Paris. A keen business woman, she sold beauty potions at a high price to women of the nobility. What took place in the shack behind her home was another matter. Voisin performed abortions for women who found themselves in trouble and "inheritance powders" for those who wanted to done w/their men altogether. http://www.holly-tucker.com/city-of-light-city-of-poison-preorder/

My 96 year-old grandmother is a voracious reader...but would you believe she JUST NOW discovered Harry Potter. She has blown through the first 4 books. Picked up the last 3 for her for her birthday!! At my favorite bookstore: Anne Patchett's Parnassus Books

Whohoo! CITY OF LIGHT is an Amazon Best Book of the Month!

With Madame Savelli, my fromagère in Aix-en-Provence. A wonderful, wonderful person whom I've known for years.

The colors are faded, the book well-loved. Natalie Zemon Davis inspired me to write the kind of history I felt in my bones I need to write.

In today's review copy mail. I've already tried to figure out when I can get there! Duck, yum!

Bonjour les amis! My publisher has 10 galleys of CITY OF LIGHT to spare!!! If you're interested in a copy, drop me a message from my author Facebook page: http://facebook.com/hollytucker

I'd just ask you to leave an -honest- review on Litsy & maybe Amazon or Indie bookstore site when book releases on March 21. AND if you end up liking it, maybe help spread good cheer to friends, book groups, on social media?

How can the city be unruly when there is TEA!!

More books from the book fairy!

I loved Thatcher Ulrich book on midwifery.

It was a tough call...which to pick? But I went for TWILIGHT OF THE BELLE EPOQUE for my bedtime reading tonite

In yesterday's mail. So happy it's warm enough to be out on the porch today!

The Dungeon Room at the medieval castle in Les Baux de Provence. My fascination for dungeons happened while writing #cityofpoison. I spent 4 yrs researching 17th century prisons and poured over interrogation records, court documents, and torture accounts. Really interesting work, but sometimes hard to do. Real lives, real pain.

Finished books are in!! GIVEAWAY: Tag a friend and I'll send copies to both you and your friend. Winner randomly selected, February 11 at 12CST.

These first packages go to my parents, family members, and others who put up with me during the care and feeding of this book! The true heroes!

(Not sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Litsy. Books mailed w/in 7 days of notification & receipt of winners' email.).

One big honker of a book! 607 pages!!!!

Edit: wow, this is so sad. In preface: author "died unexpectedly in 2013, leaving this book--her life's work--to be completed.posthumously by grieving family and friends.". The acknowledgments were written on. Her behalf.by her parents. Wow. So sad.

This looks awesome! Eager to read it.

"Complex tale of historical intrigue about 19th century polar explorers, the strange disappearance of Sir John Franklin Artic expedition in 1845". Historical fiction. Love the cover!

Takes places between 1870-1871, Franco-Prussian war. Places Flaubert Sentimental Education in this context. From Basic Books, so could be ready good.

Well hello, don't you look interesting!

I'm new to Litsy and looking for people to follow. If you know any fellow history geeks, would you tag them here? If YOU love reading about history, say hi! Nonfiction, historical fictions, it's all good!

Interesting! sometimes a bit more speculative than I would have liked, but tells the little known story of Ona Judge, George Washington's slave. I had a chance to hear Erica talk about her book on a panel we were on at the American Library Association's conference a few weeks ago. She's really engaging.

A letter addressed to Madame Voisin, a 17th-century fortune-teller/witch/poisoner.  Voisin was executed in February 1680. Http://holly-tucker.com

My dirty little secret. These Harlequin-meets-Anne-Rice novels have kept me company on many transatlantic flights. #noshame

This book really helped shaped the way I understand Louis XIV and his propaganda machine in the 17th century. It's organized around the metaphor of time of day. From the sunrise (early reign) to sunset (death). The last chapter is what made me want to spend so much of my life exploring the underbelly of the reign. It was not at all what the pomp, gild, and glory made it out to be. Excellent book. Http://holly-tucker.com

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These books make me wish I were in France right now...with all of those amazing markets.

The Sun King had so many lovers. Some beautiful, some not, some kind, some ruthless. Fraser does a great job getting them all together in one place. Superb research, though at times dense. # history #france