The First Detective: The Life and Revolutionary Times of Vidocq
The Life and Revolutionary Times of Vidocq: Criminal, Spy and Private Eye
James Morton
ISBN: | 9780091903374 |
Publisher: | Ebury Press |
Published: | 3 October, 2005 |
Format: | Paperback |
Links | Australian Libraries (Trove) |
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The First Detective: The Life and Revolutionary Times of Vidocq
The Life and Revolutionary Times of Vidocq: Criminal, Spy and Private Eye
James Morton
Eugene Vidocq was the Morse, the Guv'nor, the James Bond of his day. A notorious criminal and prison escaper, he turned police officer and employed a gang of ex-convicts as his detectives. Now, James Morton takes us on a historical romp through the eighteenth century in search of this elusive figure. Today Vidocq's influence can still be seen as members of The Vidocq Society, an unusual, exclusive crime-solving organization honor him by applying their collective forensic skills and experience to 'cold case' homicides and unsolved deaths.
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