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The First Detective: The Life and Revolutionary Times of Vidocq

The First Detective: The Life and Revolutionary Times of Vidocq

by JamesMorton (Author)

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    Paperback 2005

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Synopsis

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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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 352
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Ebury Press
Published: 04 Aug 2005
ISBN 10: 0091903378
ISBN 13: 9780091903374
Book Overview: A major new historical biography of the influential criminal spy and private eye Eugene Vidocq

Media Reviews
Entertaining', Sunday Telegraph .'Morton has done Vidocq a service by removing him from his unfair tabloid image and giving him his due as an important social innovator', Sunday Times .'You really must read ... The First Detective: the extraordinary life and times of a career-criminal', Sunday Times
Author Bio
Previously a Solicltor for twenty-five years, James Morton then worked as editor of Law Journal and Criminal Lawyer. He is now a full-time writer and author of the bestselling Gangland series published by Little Brown.