Mémoires de Canler : ancien chef du service de sureté

Louis Canler

Canler's memoirs are indispensable to anyone interested in the history of the police in France. There you will find an exact description of the world of crime in the first half of the 19th century and the story of many famous cases. Canler also teaches us about the daily realities of his time, at various levels of society, and about historical events. He reveals the underside of political life: the conduct of agents provocateurs, purges, plots, attacks, riots and revolutions.