La Tour Noire (French Edition)
ISBN:
9782749113234 (2749113237)
Edition language: French
Category:
Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
19th Century,
Historical Mystery,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
France,
Suspense
bookshelves: books-with-a-passport, published-2008, spring-2010, france, historical-fiction, mystery-thriller Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: Pressie from Wonderful Wanda Recommended for: Onwards to Laura Read from February 28 to March 02, 2010 I'm a man of a certain age - old enough to have been...
While interesting, and it did make me want to read more by this author, it seemed to leave me with more questions than it answered, and a mild aftertaste. Vidcoq is the chief of a newly created plain-clothes police force in Paris. In order to solve a murder he drags in to help Hector Carpentier, p...
http://www.bostonbibliophile.com/2008/10/review-black-tower-by-louis-bayard.html
According to the author's note, this bit of historical fiction about the world's first police detective, Vidocq, and the dauphin in the tower is "about equal parts history and invention." That seems about right! A fun read.
_The Black Tower_ by Louis Bayard is a very enjoyable historical fiction/mystery set in Paris and its environs during the period of the Bourban Bourbon Restoration, with numerous flashbacks to the Terror of the Revolution. It is a period of huge turmoil and horror for France, where hope and possibil...
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 by Louis Bayard, Jean-Luc Piningre, now listed on BookLikes)