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Eugene Vidocq was the Morse, the Guv'nor, the James Bond of his day. A notorious criminal and prison escaper, he turned police officer and employed a gang of ex-convicts as his detectives. Now, James Morton takes us on a historical romp through the eighteenth century in search of this elusive figure.
Today Vidocq's influence can still be seen as members of The Vidocq Society, an unusual, exclusive crime-solving organization honor him by applying their collective forensic skills and experience to 'cold case' homicides and unsolved deaths.
Today Vidocq's influence can still be seen as members of The Vidocq Society, an unusual, exclusive crime-solving organization honor him by applying their collective forensic skills and experience to 'cold case' homicides and unsolved deaths.
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"You really must read ... The First Detective: the extraordinary life and times of a career-criminal" (Sunday Times)
"Morton has done Vidocq a service by removing him from his unfair tabloid image and giving him his due as an important social innovator" (Sunday Times)
"Entertaining" (Sunday Telegraph)
"Morton has done Vidocq a service by removing him from his unfair tabloid image and giving him his due as an important social innovator" (Sunday Times)
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- PublisherEbury Press
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0091903378
- ISBN 13 9780091903374
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages352
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