The First Detective: The Life and Revolutionary Times of Eugene Vidocq, Criminal, Spy and Private Eye by James Morton

The First Detective: The Life and Revolutionary Times of Eugene Vidocq, Criminal, Spy and Private Eye

James Morton

340 pages • 2005

1 edition

nonfiction biography history true crime informative medium-paced
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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 wa...

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