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The First Detective: The Life And Revolutionary Times Of Eugene-Francois Vidocq, Criminal, Spy and Private Eye
The First Detective The Life And Revolutionary Times Of EugeneFrancois Vidocq Criminal Spy and Private Eye
Author: James Morton
Eugene Vidocq was born in France in 1775 and his life spanned the French Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars and the 1848 revolutions. When Vidocq himself published his memoirs they were an overnight bestseller -- a European publishing sensation. He was the Morse, the Guv'nor, the James Bond of his day. A notorious criminal and prison escaper, h...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780091887964
ISBN-10: 0091887968
Publication Date: 3/1/2005
Pages: 340
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Publisher: Ebury Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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