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The Poe Shadow

Baltimore, 1849. The body of Edgar Allan Poe has been buried in an unmarked grave. The public, the press, and even Poe's own family and friends accept the conclusion that Poe was a second-rate writer who met a disgraceful end as a drunkard. Everyone, in fact, seems to believe this except a young Baltimore lawyer named Quentin Clark, an ardent admirer who puts his own career and reputation at risk in a passionate crusade to salvage Poe's. As Quentin explores the puzzling circumstances of Poe's demise, he discovers that the writer's last days are riddled with unanswered questions the police are possibly willfully ignoring. Just when Poe's death seems destined to remain a mystery, and forever sealing his ignominy, inspiration strikes Quentin - in the form of Poe's own stories. The young attorney realizes that he must find the one person who can solve the strange case of Poe's death: the real-life model for Poe's brilliant fictional detective character, C. Auguste Dupin, the hero of ingenious tales of crime and detection.

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  • "Poe shadow"
  • "Poe shadow"@it
  • "Poe shadow"@pl

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  • "Een jonge advocaat gaat in het Baltimore van 1849 op zoek naar de waarheid omtrent de dood van zijn idool, de schrijver Edgar Allan Poe."
  • "Baltimore, 1849. The body of Edgar Allan Poe has been buried in an unmarked grave. The public, the press, even Poe's family and friends accept the conclusion that Poe was a second-rate writer who died a drunkard. But none of this deters a young Baltimore lawyer named Quentin Clark, an ardent admirer who risks his own career and reputation in a passionate crusade to salvage Poe's."
  • "Baltimore, 1849. The body of Edgar Allan Poe has been buried in an unmarked grave. The public, the press, and even Poe's own family and friends accept the conclusion that Poe was a second-rate writer who met a disgraceful end as a drunkard. Everyone, in fact, seems to believe this except a young Baltimore lawyer named Quentin Clark, an ardent admirer who puts his own career and reputation at risk in a passionate crusade to salvage Poe's. As Quentin explores the puzzling circumstances of Poe's demise, he discovers that the writer's last days are riddled with unanswered questions the police are possibly willfully ignoring. Just when Poe's death seems destined to remain a mystery, and forever sealing his ignominy, inspiration strikes Quentin - in the form of Poe's own stories. The young attorney realizes that he must find the one person who can solve the strange case of Poe's death: the real-life model for Poe's brilliant fictional detective character, C. Auguste Dupin, the hero of ingenious tales of crime and detection."@en
  • "Fans of Pearl's bestselling debut, The Dante Club (2003), will eagerly embrace his second novel, a compelling thriller centered on the mysterious end of Edgar Allan Poe, who perished in Baltimore in 1849. Poe's ignominious funeral catches the notice of Quentin Clark, a young, idealistic attorney, who finds himself obsessed with rescuing Poe's reputation amid rumors that the writer died from an excess of drink. Clark's preoccupation soon becomes all-consuming, imperiling his practice and his engagement, especially after he learns that Poe's legendary master sleuth, the Chevalier Auguste Dupin, was modeled after a real person. The lawyer journeys to France to track down the real Dupin, in the hopes that the detective can help him solve the puzzle of Poe's death. Pearl masterfully combines fact with fiction and presents some genuinely new historical clues that help reconstruct Poe's final days. While Clark remains a little enigmatic, the exciting plot, numerous twists and convincing period detail could help land this on bestseller lists as well."@en
  • "Baltimore, fin 1849. Quentin Hobson Clark, riche et jeune avocat brillant, est le témoin fortuit des funérailles d'Edgar Poe. Les héros inventés par E. Poe lui-même vont enquêter sur sa disparition mystérieuse. L'ironie du sort veut qu'effectivement Poe ait disparu dans des conditions controversées dont se joue ce spécialiste reconnu de Dante qu'est M. Pearl.--[Memento]."
  • "In 1849 Baltimore, following the death of Edgar Allan Poe, Quentin Clark discovers that Poe's final days had been marked by a series of bizarre, unanswered questions, and launches his own investigation to resolve the mystery of Poe's death."
  • "In 1849 Baltimore, following the death of Edgar Allan Poe, Quentin Clark discovers that Poe's final days had been marked by a series of bizarre, unanswered questions, and launches his own investigation to resolve the mystery of Poe's death."@en
  • "Baltimore, 1849. The body of Edgar Allan Poe has been buried in an unmarked grave. The public, the press, and even Poe's own family and friends accept the conclusion that Poe was a second-rate writer who met a disgraceful end as a drunkard. Everyone, in fact, seems to believe this except a young Baltimore lawyer named Quentin Clark, an ardent admirer who puts his own career and reputation at risk in a passionate crusade to salvage Poe's."@en
  • "After the death of Edgar Allan Poe, a young lawyer, Quentin Clark, hopes to salvage the author's reputation by investigating the puzzling circumstances of his death. Clark journeys to France to seek the aid of the real-life model for Poe's detective C. Auguste Dupin, but finds that the investigation puts him in danger."@en
  • "Edgar Allan Poe is dead. A wealthy admirer of Poe named Quentin Hobson Clark observes the circumstances of Poe's bizarre death, and resolves that he will find the one person in the world capable of unravelling such an impenetrable mystery: the 'real' Dupin - the man who was the model for Poe's fictional detective, C. Auguste Dupin."
  • "In 1849 Baltimore, following the death of Edgar Allan Poe, Quentin Clark discovers that Poe's final days had been marked by a series of bizarre, unanswered questions and launches his own investigation to resolve the mystery of Poe's death."@en

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  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Mystere"
  • "Biographical fiction"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Powieść amerykańska"@pl
  • "Biografické romány"
  • "American fiction"
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Biographical novels"
  • "Roman policier américain"
  • "Americké romány"
  • "Fiction"@es
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Large type books"@en

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  • "Přízrak Edgara Allana Poea"
  • "צילו של פו"
  • "Tenʹ Ėdgara Po : [roman]"
  • "Tsilo shel Po"
  • "La sombra de Poe"@es
  • "La sombra de Poe"
  • "The poe shadow"
  • "The Poe Shadow"
  • "The Poe Shadow"@en
  • "La Sombra de Poe"
  • "爱伦坡暗影 = The Poe shadow"
  • "L'ombre d'Edgar Poe : roman"
  • "L'ombra di Edgar"
  • "L'ombra di Edgar"@it
  • "The Poe shadow"
  • "Тень Эдгара По : [роман]"
  • "De schaduw van Poe"
  • "Poeova sjenka"
  • "L'Ombre d"Edgar Poe : roman"
  • "Poe shadow : a novel"@en
  • "Cień Poego"
  • "Cień Poego"@pl
  • "愛倫坡暗影"
  • "P'o ŭi kŭrimja = Poe shadow"
  • "L'ombre d'Edgar Poe"
  • "The Poe shadow : a novel"@it
  • "The Poe shadow : a novel"@en
  • "The Poe shadow : a novel"
  • "Tsilo shel po"
  • "P'o ŭi kŭrimja"
  • "Ailun Po an ying = The Poe shadow"
  • "The Poe shadow a novel"@en
  • "Die Stunde des Raben : Roman"
  • "Ai lun po an ying"
  • "Ailunpo an ying"

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