Pale Blue Eye (e-bog) af Bayard, Louis
Bayard, Louis (forfatter)

Pale Blue Eye e-bog

97,26 DKK (inkl. moms 121,58 DKK)
Now a Netflix film starring Christian Bale, Harry Melling, and Gillian AndersonShockingly clever and devoutly unsentimental . . . reads like a lost classic. Bayard reinvigorates historical fiction. New York Times Book ReviewAn ingenious tale of murder and revenge at West Point, featuring a retired detective and a young cadet named Edgar Allan Poefrom the author of Courting Mr. Lincoln.At West P...
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Forfattere Bayard, Louis (forfatter)
Udgivet 13 oktober 2009
Længde 448 sider
Genrer Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9780061748912
Now a Netflix film starring Christian Bale, Harry Melling, and Gillian AndersonShockingly clever and devoutly unsentimental . . . reads like a lost classic. Bayard reinvigorates historical fiction. New York Times Book ReviewAn ingenious tale of murder and revenge at West Point, featuring a retired detective and a young cadet named Edgar Allan Poefrom the author of Courting Mr. Lincoln.At West Point Academy in 1830, the calm of an October evening is shattered by the discovery of a young cadet's body swinging from a rope. The next morning, an even greater horror comes to light. Someone has removed the dead man's heart. Augustus Landorwho acquired some renown in his years as a New York City police detectiveis called in to discreetly investigate. It's a baffling case Landor must pursue in secret, for the scandal could do irreparable damage to the fledgling institution. But he finds help from an unexpected allya moody, young cadet with a penchant for drink, two volumes of poetry to his name, and a murky past that changes from telling to telling. The strange and haunted Southern poet, for whom Landor develops a fatherly affection, is named Edgar Allan Poe.