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The Black Tower by Louis Bayard (2008, Hardcover) Historical Fiction
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Signed
- No
- Custom Bundle
- No
- Book Series
- Historical
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- Original Language
- English
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Inscribed
- No
- Vintage
- No
- Personalize
- No
- Series
- .
- Type
- Novel
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- Personalized
- No
- ISBN
- 9780061173509
- Book Title
- Black Tower
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.2 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Mystery & Detective / Historical, Thrillers / Historical, Mystery & Detective / General, Historical, Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators
- Item Weight
- 19.7 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 368 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0061173509
ISBN-13
9780061173509
eBay Product ID (ePID)
65622496
Product Key Features
Book Title
Black Tower
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Mystery & Detective / Historical, Thrillers / Historical, Mystery & Detective / General, Historical, Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators
Publication Year
2008
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
19.7 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2008-005059
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
Top-notch historical fiction. Bayard's is the kind of popular fiction readers are thrilled to discover: equal parts effective plotting, lean but distinctive prose and characters and dialogue that brim with life from the outset. A royally entertaining read., “Louis Bayard finds fictional inspiration in historical fact. He has emerged as a writer of historical thrillers in the vein of Caleb Carr, author of The Alienist , and 19th century writers such as Alexandre Dumas, author of The Count of Monte Christo. �, Louis Bayard repairs to Paris for another daring historical adventure. Bayard makes brilliant application of Vidocq in the fanciful adventure. No snatch-and-run researcher, Bayard takes care to capture Vidocq's roguish voice and grandiose affectations., Delicious. [Bayard] inbues(s) his characters with real soul. You may find yourself, more than two centuries after the fact, aching over the fate of the pitiful young Dauphin. A-, "Having previously channeled Dickens and Poe, historical novelist Bayard throws down the gauntlet to Dumas in another high-energy melodrama. The novel's witty succession of trapdoor endings, culminating in "the quietest of abdications," keeps surprising us. Who says they don't write 'em like this anymore? Long may Bayard reign.", Louis Bayard finds fictional inspiration in historical fact. He has emerged as a writer of historical thrillers in the vein of Caleb Carr, author of The Alienist, and 19th century writers such as Alexandre Dumas, author of The Count of Monte Christo., The Black Tower breathes life into the world's first police detective, Vidocq, a literary feat that happily waited for this novelist. As the gripping and nuanced story races through the parlor rooms and back alleys of Paris, Bayard shows why he is at the forefront of literary historical fiction today., Bayard is a fearlessly confident writer. We are treated to all of the narrative verve and sly wit-both plot twists and turns of phrase-that make his books such a pleasure to read., A compelling and sympathetic narrator instantly draws the reader into Bayard's stellar third historical. Bayard keeps the reader guessing until the end. Few writers today can match the author's skill in devising an intelligent thriller with heart., A fascinating detective story about one of the world's most compelling mysteries. Bayard's scholarly and beautiful, heart-stopping prose always keeps before us the possibility of an improbability - what mystery is all about., In the world of historical fiction, Louis Bayard is a master at blending history into intelligent thrillers., Louis Bayard repairs to Paris for another daring historical adventure. Bayard makes brilliant application of Vidocq in the fanciful adventure. No snatchandrun researcher, Bayard takes care to capture Vidocq's roguish voice and grandiose affectations., In addition to the many fine, quirky character portraits and the visceral depiction of a chaotic France still reeling under the regime change, Bayard offers a rip-roaring plot full of smart and funny turns., Bayard doesn't revisit the past so much as reinvent it, historically and literarily, with a great deal of style, wit and suspense. Dark, surprising and Bayard's best example so far of a lean and accessible historical thriller.
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Synopsis
From Louis Bayard, the acclaimed author of Mr. Timothy and The Pale Blue Eye, comes The Black Tower, a stunning and pitch-perfect novel featuring the real-life criminal who transformed himself into the world's first and greatest detective. In The Black Tower, Bayard deftly interweaves political intrigue, epic treachery, cover-ups, and conspiracies into a gripping portrait of family redemption--and brings to life an indelible portrait of the mighty and profane Eugène François Vidocq, history's legendary investigator., From Louis Bayard, the acclaimed author of Mr. Timothy and The Pale Blue Eye, comes The Black Tower, a stunning and pitch-perfect novel featuring the real-life criminal who transformed himself into the world's first and greatest detective. In The Black Tower, Bayard deftly interweaves political intrigue, epic treachery, cover-ups, and conspiracies into a gripping portrait of family redemption--and brings to life an indelible portrait of the mighty and profane Eugene Francois Vidocq, history's legendary investigator.
LC Classification Number
PS3552.A85864O77
ebay_catalog_id
4
Copyright Date
2008
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