The Poe Shadow
NY: Random House, 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover_boards. 6.75"x9.5" 367 pp. First printing. Maroon boards w/gilt letters to spine. Book design by Simon M. Sullivan. A/F paper. Jacket images: Edouard-Denis Baldus, Arles: Eglise Saint-Trophime; man in top hat - Chaloner Woods. Author photo: Sigrid Estrada. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped & unmarked. GIFT QUALITY. Collectible - Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #13735
ISBN: 1400061032
“I present to you . . . the truth about this man’s death and my life.”
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 h...Source: Publisher.
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