Description
Emile Gaboriau (1833-1873) is an important figure in the history of detective fiction. A French journalist and novelist, he created the 'roman policier' with a series of books involving private detective Monsieur Lecoq, who works logically. Lecoq was based on a real-life thief turned policeman named Francois Vidocq (1775-1857), whose memoirs mixed fiction and fact. Gaboriau's huge following was eclipsed by Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. Interestingly, Holmes may have been at least partl
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Publisher - Wildside Press LLC
Language - English
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Emile Gaboriau
Published Date - 2023-01-17
ISBN - 9780809532803
Dimensions - 15.2 x 22.9 x 2.2 cm
Page Count - 384
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