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The First Detective: The life and Revolutionary Times of Eugene-Francois Vidoco - Criminal, Spy and Private Eye

Hardcover • 2004 • English

The First Detective: The life and Revolutionary Times of Eugene-Francois Vidoco - Criminal, Spy and Private Eye

By James Morton

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A notorious criminal in his youth, he became a police officer and employed a gang of ex-convicts as his detectives. He developed innovative criminal indexing techniques and experimented with fingerprinting, until his cavalier attitude towards the thin blue line forced him out of the police. So he began the world’s very first private detective agency. The cases he solved were high profile, and gradually he grew in notoriety. However, his reputation didn’t prevent him from becoming a spy and movin...Show more

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ISBN

9780091887964

Published year

2004

Language

English

Original title

The First Detective: The life and Revolutionary Times of Eugene-Francois Vidoco - Criminal, Spy and Private Eye

Format

Hardcover

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