The First Detective
Subtitle: the life and revolutionary times of Vidocq: criminal, spy, and private eye
Publisher: The Overlook Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781590206386
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part 1 : Poacher; title: Vidocq against his parents; title: Vidocq against his wife in particular; title: Vidocq against women in general; title: Vidocq against the gypsies; title: Vidocq against the feetwarmers; title: Vidocq and the men from the Lyons Mail; title: Vidocq against the prison ships; title: Vidocq meets Francine again; title: Vidocq meets a bad angel; title: Vidocq as supergrass; title: Part 2 : Gamekeeper; title: Vidocq against "ses amis d'antan"; title: Vidocq triumphant; title: Vidocq at bay; title: Vidocq at Saint-Mandé; title: Vidocq restored; title: Vidocq and his agency; title: Vidocq in polite society; title: Vidocq at the theatre; title: Vidocq in London; title: Vidocq's criminal friends; title: Vidocq's last mission; title: Vidocq against death; title: "A la recherche du temps Vidocq"