Edgar Allan Poe and the empire of the dead /
Street, Karen Lee,
Edgar Allan Poe and the empire of the dead / Empire of the dead Karen Lee Street. - First Pegasus Books hardcover edition. - 341 pages ; 22 cm - A Poe and Dupin mystery .
"Summer, 1849. When Edgar Allan Poe travels to Paris to help his dear friend hunt down the elusive criminal who bought the Dupin family to ruin during the French Revolution, the sleuthing duo are engaged by the prefect of police to recover the stolen letter of an infamous Parisian salonniére. Is the thief one of the French literary greats who attend her salons, or might it be Dupin's own enemy who is scheming to become the Emperor of France? Poe and Dupin are quickly embroiled in a deadly cat and mouse game that takes them to the treacherous tunnels of the city's necropolis, where few who venture into the notorious Empire of the Dead manage to return from the darkness."--Provided by publisher.
9781643134222 1643134221
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 --Fiction.
Dupin, C. Auguste (Fictitious character) --Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Paris (France)--History--19th century--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.
Edgar Allan Poe and the empire of the dead / Empire of the dead Karen Lee Street. - First Pegasus Books hardcover edition. - 341 pages ; 22 cm - A Poe and Dupin mystery .
"Summer, 1849. When Edgar Allan Poe travels to Paris to help his dear friend hunt down the elusive criminal who bought the Dupin family to ruin during the French Revolution, the sleuthing duo are engaged by the prefect of police to recover the stolen letter of an infamous Parisian salonniére. Is the thief one of the French literary greats who attend her salons, or might it be Dupin's own enemy who is scheming to become the Emperor of France? Poe and Dupin are quickly embroiled in a deadly cat and mouse game that takes them to the treacherous tunnels of the city's necropolis, where few who venture into the notorious Empire of the Dead manage to return from the darkness."--Provided by publisher.
9781643134222 1643134221
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 --Fiction.
Dupin, C. Auguste (Fictitious character) --Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Paris (France)--History--19th century--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.