The orphan in the tower
Subtitle: a novel
By: Louis Bayard.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: William Morrow
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780061173509; 9780061173516; 9780061668326
Subjects: Vidocq, Eugène François, -- 1775-1857 -- Fiction; Detectives -- France -- Fiction; France -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction; France -- Kings and rulers -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Having used his mastery of disguise and surveillance to nab some of France's most notorious criminals, early nineteenth-century detective Vidocq teams up with obscure medical student Hector to track down the most challenging adversary of his career, a case with ties to the missing son of Marie Antoinette.