La torre negra

by Louis Bayard

On Sale: 06/24/2014

La torre negra

by Louis Bayard

On Sale: 06/24/2014

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About the Book

Vidocq. El nombre infunde terror en el bajo mundo parisino de 1818. Como fundador y director de un grupo de policías vestidos de civil de nueva creación, Vidocq ha utilizado su dominio del disfraz y la vigilancia para capturar a algunos de los criminales más famosos y escurridizos de Francia. Ahora está tras la pista de un misterio tentador, las andanzas del joven delfín Louis-Charles, el hijo de María Antonieta y Luis XVI.

Héctor Carpentier, un estudiante de medicina, vive con su madre viuda en su casa, ahora transformada en una casa de huéspedes, en el Barrio Latino de París, en los días políticamente peligrosos de la restauración. A tres cuadras de distancia, un hombre ha sido asesinado, y el nombre de Héctor se ha encontrado en un pedazo de papel en el bolsillo del muerto: un caso para las habilidades deductivas incomparables de Eugéne François Vidocq, el hombre más temido de la policía de París. Al principio, sospechando del rol de Héctor en el asesinato, Vidocq lo atrae gradualmente en una búsqueda peligrosamente estimulante que les lleva a la verdadera historia de lo que pasó con el hijo de la familia real asesinada.

Oficialmente, el delfín murió de una muerte brutal en la temida Temple, una amenazante torre negra de París de la cual no hay salida, pero durante mucho tiempo se ha especula sobre la posibilidad de que el heredero de diez años de edad podría haber sido pasado de contrabando fuera de su celda de la prisión. Cuando Héctor y Vidocq se encuentran con un hombre sin memoria comienzan a preguntarse si no es el mismo delfín que vuelve de entre los muertos. Sus sospechas se agudizan con el descubrimiento de un diario que revela una impactante conexión de Héctor con el muchacho de la torre y le apoya en su determinación de que se haga justicia a cualquier precio.

En La Torre Negra, Bayard entreteje hábilmente la intriga política, la traición épica, encubrimientos y conspiraciones en un retrato apasionante de la redención familiar y trae a la vida un retrato indeleble de los poderosos y lo profano, Eugéne François Vidocq, primer gran detective de la historia.

Critical Praise

“Bayard is a fearlessly confident writer. We are treated to all of the narrative verve and sly wit—both plot twists and turns of phrase—that make his books such a pleasure to read.” — Washington Post

“Delicious. [Bayard] inbues(s) his characters with real soul. You may find yourself, more than two centuries after the fact, aching over the fate of the pitiful young Dauphin. A-” — Entertainment Weekly

“Louis Bayard repairs to Paris for another daring historical adventure. Bayard makes brilliant application of Vidocq in the fanciful adventure. No snatch–and–run researcher, Bayard takes care to capture Vidocq’s roguish voice and grandiose affectations.” — New York Times Book Review

“In the world of historical fiction, Louis Bayard is a master at blending history into intelligent thrillers.” — USA Today

“Louis Bayard finds fictional inspiration in historical fact. He has emerged as a writer of historical thrillers in the vein of Caleb Carr, author of The Alienist, and 19th century writers such as Alexandre Dumas, author of The Count of Monte Christo.” — Wall Street Journal

“A tale that has as much energy and cunning as the detective propelling it forward.” — Christian Science Monitor

“A compelling and sympathetic narrator instantly draws the reader into Bayard’s stellar third historical. Bayard keeps the reader guessing until the end. Few writers today can match the author’s skill in devising an intelligent thriller with heart.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Having previously channeled Dickens and Poe, historical novelist Bayard throws down the gauntlet to Dumas in another high-energy melodrama. The novel’s witty succession of trapdoor endings, culminating in “the quietest of abdications,” keeps surprising us. Who says they don’t write ‘em like this anymore? Long may Bayard reign.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred)

“In his fast-moving tale, Bayard deftly places details to make history come alive.” — Rocky Mountain News

“Bayard doesn’t revisit the past so much as reinvent it, historically and literarily, with a great deal of style, wit and suspense. Dark, surprising and Bayard’s best example so far of a lean and accessible historical thriller.” — Miami Herald

“In addition to the many fine, quirky character portraits and the visceral depiction of a chaotic France still reeling under the regime change, Bayard offers a rip-roaring plot full of smart and funny turns.” — Booklist (starred review)

“The Black Tower breathes life into the world’s first police detective, Vidocq, a literary feat that happily waited for this novelist. As the gripping and nuanced story races through the parlor rooms and back alleys of Paris, Bayard shows why he is at the forefront of literary historical fiction today.” — Matthew Pearl, author of The Dante Club and The Poe Shadow

“A fascinating detective story about one of the world’s most compelling mysteries. Bayard’s scholarly and beautiful, heart-stopping prose always keeps before us the possibility of an improbability - what mystery is all about.” — Louisville Courier Journal

“Top-notch historical fiction. Bayard’s is the kind of popular fiction readers are thrilled to discover: equal parts effective plotting, lean but distinctive prose and characters and dialogue that brim with life from the outset. A royally entertaining read.” — Creative Loafing

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Product Details

  • ISBN: 9780062336286
  • ISBN 10: 0062336282
  • Imprint: William Morrow
  • On Sale: 06/24/2014
  • Pages: 368
  • List Price:9.99 CAD
  • BISAC1 : FICTION / Thrillers / Historical
  • BISAC2 : FICTION / Crime
  • BISAC3 : FICTION / Thrillers / Crime
  • BISAC4 : FICTION / Fantasy / Historical
  • BISAC5 : FICTION / Political
  • BISAC6 : FICTION / Thrillers / Political
  • BISAC7 : FICTION / Literary
  • BISAC8 : FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators
  • BISAC9 : FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical
  • BISAC10 : FICTION / Historical

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