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Pub Date: 2008-09-16 Pages: 512 Language: English Publisher:. HarperCollins Publishers Vidocq The name strikes terror in the Parisian underworld of 1818. As founder and chief of a newly created plainclothes police force. Vidocq has used his mastery of disguise and surveillance to capture some of France's most notorious and elusive criminals. Now he is hot on the trail of a tantalizing mystery-the fate of the young dauphin Louis-Charles. son of Marie-Antoinette and King Louis XVI. Hector Carpentier. a medical student. lives with his widowed mother in her once-genteel home. now a boardinghouse. in Paris's Latin Quarter. helping the family make ends meet in the politically perilous days of the restoration. Three blocks away. a man has been murdered. and Hector's name has been found on a scrap of paper in the dead man's pocket:. a case for the unparalleled deductive skills of Eu...
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From Louis Bayard, the acclaimed author of Mr. Timothy and The Pale Blue Eye, comes The Black Tower, a stunning and pitch-perfect novel featuring the real-life criminal who transformed himself into the world's first and greatest detective. In The Black Tower, Bayard deftly interweaves political intrigue, epic treachery, cover-ups, and conspiracies into a gripping portrait of family redemption--and brings to life an indelible portrait of the mighty and profane Eugène François Vidocq, history's legendary investigator.
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"Bayard is a fearlessly confident writer. We are treated to all of the narrative verve and sly wit--both plot twists and turns of phrase--that make his books such a pleasure to read."--Washington Post
"Delicious. [Bayard] inbues(s) his characters with real soul. You may find yourself, more than two centuries after the fact, aching over the fate of the pitiful young Dauphin. A-"--Entertainment Weekly
"In the world of historical fiction, Louis Bayard is a master at blending history into intelligent thrillers."--USA Today
"In his fast-moving tale, Bayard deftly places details to make history come alive."--Rocky Mountain News
"Bayard doesn't revisit the past so much as reinvent it, historically and literarily, with a great deal of style, wit and suspense. Dark, surprising and Bayard's best example so far of a lean and accessible historical thriller."--Miami Herald
"Top-notch historical fiction. Bayard's is the kind of popular fiction readers are thrilled to discover: equal parts effective plotting, lean but distinctive prose and characters and dialogue that brim with life from the outset. A royally entertaining read."--Creative Loafing
"A tale that has as much energy and cunning as the detective propelling it forward."--Christian Science Monitor
"Having previously channeled Dickens and Poe, historical novelist Bayard throws down the gauntlet to Dumas in another high-energy melodrama. The novel's witty succession of trapdoor endings, culminating in "the quietest of abdications," keeps surprising us. Who says they don't write 'em like this anymore? Long may Bayard reign."--Kirkus Reviews (starred)
"A fascinating detective story about one of the world's most compelling mysteries. Bayard's scholarly and beautiful, heart-stopping prose always keeps before us the possibility of an improbability - what mystery is all about."--Louisville Courier Journal
"Louis Bayard repairs to Paris for another daring historical adventure. Bayard makes brilliant application of Vidocq in the fanciful adventure. No snatch-and-run researcher, Bayard takes care to capture Vidocq's roguish voice and grandiose affectations."--New York Times Book Review
"Delicious. [Bayard] inbues(s) his characters with real soul. You may find yourself, more than two centuries after the fact, aching over the fate of the pitiful young Dauphin. A-"--Entertainment Weekly
"In the world of historical fiction, Louis Bayard is a master at blending history into intelligent thrillers."--USA Today
"In his fast-moving tale, Bayard deftly places details to make history come alive."--Rocky Mountain News
"Bayard doesn't revisit the past so much as reinvent it, historically and literarily, with a great deal of style, wit and suspense. Dark, surprising and Bayard's best example so far of a lean and accessible historical thriller."--Miami Herald
"Top-notch historical fiction. Bayard's is the kind of popular fiction readers are thrilled to discover: equal parts effective plotting, lean but distinctive prose and characters and dialogue that brim with life from the outset. A royally entertaining read."--Creative Loafing
"A tale that has as much energy and cunning as the detective propelling it forward."--Christian Science Monitor
"Having previously channeled Dickens and Poe, historical novelist Bayard throws down the gauntlet to Dumas in another high-energy melodrama. The novel's witty succession of trapdoor endings, culminating in "the quietest of abdications," keeps surprising us. Who says they don't write 'em like this anymore? Long may Bayard reign."--Kirkus Reviews (starred)
"A fascinating detective story about one of the world's most compelling mysteries. Bayard's scholarly and beautiful, heart-stopping prose always keeps before us the possibility of an improbability - what mystery is all about."--Louisville Courier Journal
"Louis Bayard repairs to Paris for another daring historical adventure. Bayard makes brilliant application of Vidocq in the fanciful adventure. No snatch-and-run researcher, Bayard takes care to capture Vidocq's roguish voice and grandiose affectations."--New York Times Book Review
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