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![The First Detective: The Life and Revolutionary Times of Vidocq: Criminal, Spy and Private Eye by James Morton](https://558130.bdp32.group/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBCQktNc0FRPSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--2b25d33445f24cda231f6b2b67bfa12e144094ab/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/The%20First%20Detective-%20The%20Life%20and%20Revolutionary%20Times%20of%20Vidocq-%20Criminal,%20Spy%20and%20Private%20Eye.jpg)
288 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781590206386
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Publication date: 30 March 2005
Description
Eugène-François Vidocq was born in France in 1775 and by his early twenties was a notorious criminal and prison escapee. He then turned police officer and employed a gang of ex-convicts as his associates. Vidocq's triumphs were many, and he became...
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![The First Detective: The Life and Revolutionary Times of Vidocq: Criminal, Spy and Private Eye by James Morton](https://558130.bdp32.group/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBCQktNc0FRPSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--2b25d33445f24cda231f6b2b67bfa12e144094ab/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/The%20First%20Detective-%20The%20Life%20and%20Revolutionary%20Times%20of%20Vidocq-%20Criminal,%20Spy%20and%20Private%20Eye.jpg)
288 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781590206386
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Publication date: 30 March 2005
Description
Eugène-François Vidocq was born in France in 1775 and by his early twenties was a notorious criminal and prison escapee. He then turned police officer and employed a gang of ex-convicts as his associates. Vidocq's triumphs were many, and he became...