Memoirs of Vidocq, Principal Agent of the French Police, until 1827; and Now Proprietor of the Paper Manufactory at St. Mande, written by himself.; Translated from the French

1829 · London

by VIDOCQ, Eugene Francois
London: Whittaker, Treacher and Arnot, 1829. Second edition in English. 12mo. 4 volumes: xxii, 237; xi, 266; xxi, 251; xii, 275 pp. Frontispiece portrait to volume four; general title page as half-title to each volume. Part of the series "Autobiography: A Collection of the Most Instructing and Amusing Lives, being volumes 25 to 28 of that set. Vidocq (1775-1857), a former French criminal, formed an investigative group in 1811 that became the precursor of the Surete, spending the next 15 years as a quasi-private detective cooperating with local law enforcement authorities; his accounts of exploits recorded here influenced later writers, including Hugo, (truncated)
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