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Holly Tucker teaches at Vanderbilt University, where she holds appointments in the Center for Medicine, Health & Society and the Department of French & Italian. Her writing has appeared in the New Scientist, the Wall Street Journal, the San Francisco Chronicle, Christian Science Journal, among others. Holly is also the author of Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine & Murder in the Scientific Revolution (Norton, March 2011), and edits the general history website Wonders & Marvels.

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By Susan Hiner, Guest Contributor

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Bonjour! It’s me, Emma B.[1]

Looking for a good book? … well, your search is over! Just in time for your beach vacation on the Normandy coast (or, if you’re lucky, off to the Hamptons with your lover), or maybe to while away the hours of your “staycation” at home with the kids on those sweltering days in the burbs (my most likely scenario, alas), or possibly

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	City of Light, City of Poison: Murder, Magic, and the First Police Chief of Paris 3.60 avg rating — 3,348 ratings — published 2017 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution 3.65 avg rating — 2,626 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Do What You Love, Love What You Do: The Empowering Secrets to Turn Your Passion into Profit 3.84 avg rating — 157 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pregnant Fictions: Childbirth and the Fairy Tale in Early Modern France 3.89 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Quelque humeur empoisonnante: Nicolas de la Reynie et l’affaire des poisons by Holly Tucker (Goodreads Author), Grégoire Ladrange (Translator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Behind the Curtain: Discover the Power of Companionship with Christ 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Do What You Love, Love What You Do [Hardcover], Talk Like TED, Predictably Irrational, Creative Confidence 4 Books Collection Set 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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State of Wonder

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Queen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution

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“Very many maintain that all we know is still infinitely less than all that still remains unknown. —William Harvey, De motu cordis (1628)”
― Holly Tucker, Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution

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“Montpellier produced nearly 40 percent of all physicians in France, but the university had a troubled reputation as a party school where medical students were just as likely to drink and cavort with prostitutes as they were to learn the intricacies of the Hippocratic corpus.”
― Holly Tucker, Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution

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September is one of our non-fiction months. The subject matter is open so I'm providing a mixed bag for the vote. This poll will be open until Wednesday, July 31.

Thunder and Lightning

Natalie Goldberg

3 votes, 37.5%

The Children of Henry VIII

Alison Weir

2 votes, 25.0%

Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder

Holly Tucker

2 votes, 25.0%

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Dee Brown

1 vote, 12.5%

The Professor and the Madman

Simon Winchester

0 votes, 0.0%

Gods, Graves, and Scholars: The Story of Archaeology

C.W. Ceram

0 votes, 0.0%

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message 3: by E.A.

May 28, 2012 05:40AM

Hi, thank you for accepting my friend invitation!

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message 2: by Holly

Jun 05, 2011 05:17PM

Tamara wrote: "Saw you on t.v. the other day and you were great. It was fun to see you."

Hi Tamara! Thanks for the nice note--it was a fun experience. You should have heard the whole family scream when we watched it all together!

All my best, Holly

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message 1: by Marata

May 26, 2011 10:19AM

Saw you on t.v. the other day and you were great. It was fun to see you.

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