A Mystery of Mysteries The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe
eBook - 2023
An Agatha, Edgar, Anthony, Macavity, and Ohioana Award nominee!A Mystery of Mysteries is a brilliant biography of Edgar Allan Poe that examines the renowned author's life through the prism of his mysterious death and its many possible causes.It is a moment shrouded in horror and mystery. Edgar Allan Poe died on October 7, 1849, at just forty, in a painful, utterly bizarre manner that would not have been out of place in one of his own tales of terror. What was the cause of his untimely death, and what happened to him during the three missing days before he was found, delirious and "in great distress" on the streets of Baltimore, wearing ill-fitting clothes that were not his own?Mystery and horror. Poe, who remains one of the m...ost iconic of American writers, died under haunting circumstances that reflect the two literary genres he took to new heights. Over the years, there has been a staggering amount of speculation about the cause of...
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St. Martin's Publishing Group
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File Size | 12 GB |
ISBN | 9781250792501 |
Release Date | 2/14/2023 |
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ASIN | B09Y47K24N |
Release Date | 2/14/2023 |
OverDrive Read eBook | |
ISBN | 9781250792501 |
Release Date | 2/14/2023 |