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OverviewOn July 28 1841 the battered body of a woman was discovered in the Hudson River. The victim was Mary Rogers, a young beauty whose death sent Manhattan into a spasm of horror and outrage. It would also inspire one of the greatest authors of a generation to write The Mystery of Marie Roget and thereby create an entirely new style of literature-the true crime novel. This book retraces Edgar Allan Poe's steps as he set out to solve the case. Stashower reveals the drama of New York in the 1840s, complete with roving gangs, corrupt journalists, and an unregulated police force utterly unprepared for the baffling crime that transformed a city. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Daniel StashowerPublisher: Oneworld Publications Imprint: Oneworld Publications ISBN: 9781851685486ISBN 10: 1851685480 Pages: 352 Publication Date: 01 July 2011 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews'Stashower makes the past so vivid you feel as if you must have been there and walked these streets yourself.' - Anne Perry, author of Dark Assassin Author InformationDaniel Stashower is the author of highly acclaimed biography of Arthur Conan Doyle Teller of Tales (Allen Lane, 2001), which won the Edgar Award for Best Biographical Work. He is a recipient of the Raymond Chandler Fulbright Fellowship in Detective and Crime Fiction Writing, and lives with his wife and two sons in Washington, DC. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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