Jacqueline Jacques: 3 books

1893: Mary, a desperately poor cleaner, is a witness to murder. Archie, one of the first artists to work for the police, to support his other work, draws the man she says she saw at the scene. Fascinated by her 'face full of bones', he persuades her to sit for a portrait, but the man who buys the...

Sequel to The Colours of Corruption. Three people on a crowded train, brought there by the same crime. Archie Price, painter and police artist, blessed with a photographic memory, is travelling to Chelmsford to testify in a murder trial. The accused, Freddie Porter, is under police escort in the guard's...

Quelle image plus omniprésente que celle du clerc dans la littérature populaire de la fin du Moyen Âge ? De toutes les classes sociales évoquées, le clergé vient en tête lorsque l’on s’intéresse à des textes comme les Cent Nouvelles nouvelles, les Évangiles des Quenouilles, la Farce...