Noted author Ackroyd (The Thames) adds to his one-man Brief Lives series this exploration of the short—and predominantly miserable—life of Edgar Allan Poe. Bringing his novelist’s skills to bear, Ackroyd opens with Poe’s mysterious death in 1849: Like his narratives and his fables, Poe’s own story e
Poe
✍ Scribed by Datlow, Ellen
- Book ID
- 107179438
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 351 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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