Edgar Allan Poe and the Empire of the Dead
Subtitle: A Poe and Dupin Mystery
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Published: 2020
Language: eng
Number of pages: 341
ISBN-13: 9781643134222
Subjects: Fiction, mystery & detective, general; Fiction, mystery & detective, historical; Fiction, mystery & detective, private investigators
Description: "Summer, 1849. When Edgar Allan Poe travels to Paris to help his dear friend hunt down the elusive criminal who bought the Dupin family to ruin during the French Revolution, the sleuthing duo are engaged by the prefect of police to recover the stolen letter of an infamous Parisian salonnie re. Is the thief one of the French literary greats who attend her salons, or might it be Dupin's own enemy who is scheming to become the Emperor of France? Poe and Dupin are quickly embroiled in a deadly cat and mouse game that takes them to the treacherous tunnels of the city's necropolis, where few who venture into the notorious Empire of the Dead manage to return from the darkness."--Provided by publisher.