Memoarer & biografier
The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Invention of Murder
Daniel Stashower
Häftad
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The author of Edgar winner "Teller of Tales" recounts the story of Manhattan tobacco store clerk Mary Rogers, whose murder in 1841 fueled a public outcry. Edgar Allan Poe began a fictional magazine serial featuring his famous detective Dupin speculating on the murder of the working-class girl, thus beginning the modern detective story.
- Format: Häftad
- ISBN: 9780425217825
- Språk: Engelska
- Antal sidor: 400
- Utgivningsdatum: 2007-12-01
- Förlag: Berkley Books