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Dangerous Remedy

Kat Dunn
Chapters (86)
  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Epigraph
  6. Contents
  7. Paris, June 1794
  8. PART ONE
  9. 1
  10. 2
  11. 3
  12. 4
  13. 5
  14. 6
  15. 7
  16. PART TWO
  17. 1
  18. 2
  19. 3
  20. 4
  21. 5
  22. 6
  23. 7
  24. 8
  25. 9
  26. 10
  27. 11
  28. 12
  29. PART THREE
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  32. 3
  33. 4
  34. 5
  35. 6
  36. 7
  37. 8
  38. 9
  39. 10
  40. 11
  41. 12
  42. 13
  43. 14
  44. 15
  45. 16
  46. 17
  47. PART FOUR
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  50. 3
  51. 4
  52. 5
  53. 6
  54. 7
  55. 8
  56. 9
  57. 10
  58. 11
  59. PART FIVE
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  63. 4
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  65. 6
  66. 7
  67. PART SIX
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  80. 13
  81. 14
  82. Postscript
  83. A Ship in Le Havre Port
  84. Acknowledgements
  85. About the Author
  86. About Zephyr

Cover

DANGEROUS
REMEDY

Title Page

KAT
DUNN

DANGEROUS
REMEDY

AN IMPRINT OF HEAD OF ZEUS

Copyright

This is a Zephyr book, first published in the UK in 2020 by Head of Zeus Ltd

Copyright © Kat Dunn, 2020

The moral right of Kat Dunn to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.

This is a work of fiction. All characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

ISBN (HB): 9781789543643

ISBN (E): 9781789543636

Cover design by Laura Brett
Author Photo by Jamie Drew

Head of Zeus Ltd

5–8 Hardwick Street
London EC1R 4RG

Dedication

To Rosie, Nana, Dawn and Mum – I wish you could have been here for this.

Epigraph

‘None but those who have experienced them can conceive of the enticements of science.’

– Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, 1818

Contents

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Epigraph

Paris, June 1794: Prairial Year II in the Revolutionary Calendar

PART ONE: Desperate Disease

1. The Sky Above the Conciergerie Prison, Paris

2. A Room on the Quai de la Mégisserie

3. A Courtyard in the Conciergerie

4. Olympe’s Cell

5. Underneath the Prison

6. The Prison Forge

7. The Arsenal

PART TWO: Who Shall Hang the Bell about the Cat’s Neck?

1. Headquarters of the Bataillon des Morts

2. The Restaurant Downstairs

3. Section Marat

4. The Parlour, Au Petit Suisse

5. The Restaurant Downstairs

6. The Roof, Au Petit Suisse

7. The Parlour, Au Petit Suisse

8. The Royalist Drop Point at the Madeleine Church

9. A Printer’s in Section de la Butte-des-Moulins, near the Jacobin Club

10. The Streets of the Right Bank

11. An Unknown House in the Forêt de Saint-Germain-en-Laye

12. On the Way to the Au Petit Suisse

PART THREE: And the Devils were Unchained

1. The Parlour, Au Petit Suisse

2. The Parlour, Au Petit Suisse

3. The Bedroom, Au Petit Suisse

4. The Théâtre Patriotique, Boulevard du Temple

5. Backstage at the Théâtre Patriotique

6. The Parlour, Au Petit Suisse

7. The Bedroom, Au Petit Suisse

8. An Abbey in the Faubourg Saint Martin

9. The Abbey Garden

10. The Chapel

11. The Chapel

12. Somewhere in the Abbey

13. The Théâtre Patriotique

14. The Théâtre Patriotique

15. Backstage at the Théâtre Patriotique

16. The Locked Doors of the Théâtre Patriotique

17. Backstage at the Théâtre Patriotique

PART FOUR: Quickening

1. The Crypt at the Saints-Innocents Safe House

2. The Charnel House at the Saints-Innocents Safe House

3. The Charnel House

4. The Charnel House

5. The Crypt

6. The Charnel House

7. The Charnel House

8. The Charnel House

9. A Chateau in the Forêt de Saint Germain

10. The Bal en Crystal

11. A House in the Forêt de Saint Germain

PART FIVE: Even Good Swimmers Drown in the End