Eugene Vidocq was the Morse, the Guv'nor, the James Bond of his day. A notorious criminal and prison escaper, he turned police officer and employed a gang of ex-convicts as his detectives. Now, James Morton takes us on a historical romp through the eighteenth century in search of this elusive figure. Today Vidocq's influence can still be seen as members of The Vidocq Society, an unusual, exclusive crime-solving organization honor him by applying their collective forensic skills and experience to 'cold case' homicides and unsolved deaths.
- ISBN10 0091903378
- ISBN13 9780091903374
- Publish Date 4 August 2005
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 8 January 2013
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Ebury Publishing
- Imprint Ebury Press
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 352
- Language English