She bled behind locked doors-while France watched in silence.Paris, 1847. In a mansion tucked behind gaslit windows and wrought-iron balconies, Duchess Fanny de Choiseul-Praslin was found brutally stabbed-her blood streaked across silk walls, her body sprawled near the fireplace. Her husband, Duke Théobald, emerged moments later with scratches on his face, blood on his sleeves-and immunity from arrest. The murder shocked the empire. The aftermath would help topple a monarchy.The Unsolved Murder of Fanny de Choiseul-Praslin: A True Crime Investigation into the 1847 Paris Bedroom Killing explores one of France's most politically explosive cold cases. A story woven with scandal, privilege, betrayal-and a justice system that bent to the nobility it was meant to restrain.Through forgotten testimonies, suppressed forensic reports, and newly uncovered archival documents, this book reconstructs the hours before and after the killing in cinematic detail. No body was ever buried with more secrets. No room ever held more silence.Inside this immersive investigation, you'll discover: The infamous locked-room crime that defied early forensic logicThe blood-streaked glove, burnt letters, and hidden pistol that tell a different storyWhy Henriette Deluzy, the family's governess, became the scapegoat-then disappeared into exileHow political interference and royal delay gave a suspected killer time to poison himselfTheories ranging from romantic motive to conspiracy and staged suicideHow this single crime-a duchess murdered by a duke-fed the fury that exploded into the French Revolution of 1848-Perfect for fans of historical true crime, locked-room mysteries, and real-life scandals that changed nations, this atmospheric narrative offers a devastating portrait of privilege, power, and one woman's final scream beneath velvet and glass.Whether you come for the courtroom intrigue, the political cover-up, or the haunting image of a white lace glove left in the rain-you'll stay for the unresolved question at the heart of it all: What if the man they buried wasn't the killer at all?