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Includes MatthewPearl’s exclusive audio afterword on the truth behind Poe’s death! Baltimore, 1849. Thebody of Edgar Allan Poe has been buried in an unmarked grave. Everyone seems toaccept the conclusion that Poe was a second-rate writer who met a disgracefulend—except for a young Baltimore lawyer named Quentin Clark, an ardent admirerwho puts his own career and reputation at risk in a crusade to salvage Poe’s. As Quentin exploresthe puzzling circumstances and unanswered questions of Poe’s demise, herealizes that he must find the one person who can help: the real-life model forPoe’s brilliant fictional detective character, C. Augustine Dupin, the hero ofingenious tales of crime and detection. Soon Quentin finds himself enmeshed insinister machinations involving international political agents and the lostsecrets of Poe’s final hours. If Quentin is to escape Poe’s grisly fate, hemust become a master investigator himself. Drawing on original, groundbreaking research,the bestselling author of The Dante Club has once again crossed literaryhistory with sublime craftsmanship and devious twists to create a beautifullydetailed, ingeniously plotted tale of suspense.
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Summary
Summary
A New York Times bestseller
Includes MatthewPearl’s exclusive audio afterword on the truth behind Poe’s death!
Baltimore, 1849. Thebody of Edgar Allan Poe has been buried in an unmarked grave. Everyone seems toaccept the conclusion that Poe was a second-rate writer who met a disgracefulend—except for a young Baltimore lawyer named Quentin Clark, an ardent admirerwho puts his own career and reputation at risk in a crusade to salvage Poe’s.
As Quentin exploresthe puzzling circumstances and unanswered questions of Poe’s demise, herealizes that he must find the one person who can help: the real-life model forPoe’s brilliant fictional detective character, C. Augustine Dupin, the hero ofingenious tales of crime and detection. Soon Quentin finds himself enmeshed insinister machinations involving international political agents and the lostsecrets of Poe’s final hours. If Quentin is to escape Poe’s grisly fate, hemust become a master investigator himself.
Drawing on original, groundbreaking research,the bestselling author of The Dante Club has once again crossed literaryhistory with sublime craftsmanship and devious twists to create a beautifullydetailed, ingeniously plotted tale of suspense.
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Author
Author Bio: Matthew Pearl
Matthew Pearl is an author whose novels have been international and New York Times bestsellers translated into more than thirty languages. The Taking of Jemima Boone is his nonfiction debut. His nonfiction articles have appeared in the New York Times, the Boston Globe, The Atavist Magazine, and Slate. He has been chosen best author for Boston Magazine's Best of Boston and received the Massachusetts Book Award for Fiction.
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| Available Formats : | Digital Download |
| Runtime: | 14.63 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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