Empire of Bones

The Secret History of the Paris Catacombs

De: Julien Peltier

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

Empire of Bones: The Secret History of the Paris Catacombs

Beneath the dazzling streets of Paris lies a city of the dead—six million souls, arranged in endless walls of skulls and bones. But the Paris Catacombs are more than a morbid curiosity. They are the hidden stage on which centuries of French history played out.

From the collapse of ancient quarries to the overflowing cemeteries of the eighteenth century… from Revolutionaries who saw liberty in the equalizing silence of the dead to Resistance fighters and Nazi occupiers during World War II… from smugglers and secret societies to modern-day explorers and criminals—the Catacombs have always been a mirror of Paris itself: beautiful, dangerous, and endlessly fascinating.

In Empire of Bones, Julien Peltier takes readers on a journey through this forbidden underworld. Blending vivid narrative history with true crime, mystery, and cultural intrigue, the book reveals the Catacombs as few have seen them: not just as a tourist attraction, but as the heart of Paris’s struggle with death, memory, and survival.

If you loved The Devil in the White City, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, or The Secret History of Paris, you’ll be captivated by this chilling, unforgettable true story of the empire beneath the City of Light.