Matthew Pearl

Baltimore, 1849. The body of Edgar Allan Poe has been buried in an unmarked grave. The public, the press, even Poe's family and friends accept the conclusion that Poe was a second-rate writer who died a drunkard. But none of this deters a young Baltimore lawyer named Quentin Clark, an ardent admirer who risks his own career and reputation in a passionate crusade to salvage Poe's. THE POE SHADOW is an ingeniously plotted tale of suspense which opens a new window on the truth behind Poe's demise.

Quentin Clark, an ardent admirer of Edgar Allan Poes work, puts his own career and reputation at risk in a passionate crusade to salvage Poes. Following his phenomenal debut, "The Dante Club," Pearl has again created a beautifully detailed, ingeniously plotted tale of suspense. "I present to you . . . the truth about this man's death and my life." Baltimore, 1849. The body of Edgar Allan Poe has been buried in an unmarked grave. The public, the press, and even Poe's own family and friends accept the conclusion that Poe was a second-rate writer who met a disgraceful end as a drunkard. Everyone, in fact, seems to believe this except a young Baltimore lawyer named Quentin Clark, an ardent admirer who puts his own career and reputation at risk in a passionate crusade to salvage Poe's. As Quentin explores the puzzling circumstances of Poe's demise, he discovers that the writer's last days are riddled with unanswered questions the police are possibly willfully ignoring. Just when Poe's death seems destined to remain a mystery, and forever sealing his ignominy, inspiration strikes Quentin-in the form of Poe's own stories. The young attorney realizes that he must find the one person who can solve the strange case of Poe's death: the real-life model for Poe's brilliant fictional detective character, C. Auguste Dupin, the hero of ingenious tales of crime and detection. In short order, Quentin finds himself enmeshed in sinister machinations involving political agents, a female assassin, the corrupt Baltimore slave trade, and the lost secrets of Poe's final hours. With his own future hanging in the balance, Quentin Clark must turn master investigator himself to unchain his now imperiled fate from that of Poe's. Following his phenomenal debut novel, The Dante Club, Matthew Pearl has once again crossed pitch-perfect literary history with innovative mystery to create a beautifully detailed, ingeniously plotted tale of suspense. Pearl's groundbreaking research-featuring documented material never published before-opens a new window on the truth behind Poe's demise, literary history's most persistent enigma. The resulting novel is a publishing event that, through sublime craftsmanship, subtle wit, and devious twists

Con más de 2.000.000 de ejemplares vendidos y traducido en 40 países, El club Dante se ha convertido ya un clásico refrendado por el éxito entre el público y la crítica.En el convulso y puritano Boston de 1865 los miembros del club Dante -poetas y profesores de Harvard dirigidos por Henry Wadsworth- da los toques finales a la primera traduccion norteamericana deLa Divina Comedia a pesar de la oposicion de la vieja guardia de la Universidad, que quiere mantener al Nuevo Mundo alejado de lo que considera supersticiones extranjeras. Al mismo tiempo se suceden una serie de brutales asesinatos basados en los tormentos descritos en el Infierno de Dante.La investigacion oficial recae sobre Nicholas Ray, el primer y unico policia negro del departamento de Boston. Los miembros del club junto con el policia marginado intentaran descifrar la clave que les lleve a identificar al asesino... aunque tal vez este mas cerca de lo que jamas hubieran pensado.Reseña:Auna entretenimiento y erudicion a traves de una historia de misterio y suspense.El Mundo

From the "New York Times" bestselling author of the "Dante Club," the story of an epic literary heist by a forgotten class of consummate criminals book a-neer (b k k -n r ), "n." a literary pirate; an individual capable of doing all that must be done in the universe of books that publishers, authors, and readers must not have a part in London, 1890 Pen Davenport is the most infamous bookaneer in Europe. A master of disguise, he makes his living stalking harbors, coffeehouses, and print shops for the latest manuscript to steal. But this golden age of publishing is on the verge of collapse. For a hundred years, loose copyright laws and a hungry reading public created a unique opportunity: books could easily be published abroad without an author s permission. Authors gained fame but suffered financially Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Robert Louis Stevenson, to name a few but publishers reaped enormous profits while readers bought books inexpensively. Yet on the eve of the twentieth century, a new international treaty is signed to grind this literary underground to a sharp halt. The bookaneers are on the verge of extinction. From the "New York Times" bestselling author of"The Dante Club," Matthew Pearl, "The Last Bookaneer"is the astonishing story of these literary thieves epic final heist. On the island of Samoa, a dying Robert Louis Stevenson labors over a new novel. The thought of one last book from the great author fires the imaginations of the bookaneers, and soon Davenport sets out for the South Pacific accompanied by his assistant Fergins. But Davenport is hardly the only bookaneer with a mind to pirate Stevenson s last novel. His longtime adversary, the monstrous Belial, appears on the island, and soon Davenport, Fergins, and Belial find themselves embroiled in a conflict larger, perhaps, than literature itself. In "The Last Bookanee"r, Pearl crafts a finely wrought tale about a showdown between brilliant men in the last great act of their professions. It is nothing short of a page-turning journey to the heart of a lost era. Praise for "The Last Bookaneer" Matthew Pearl has a particular specialty: finding an obscure corner of 19th-century history and spinning from it literary fiction that is thought-provoking, enlightening, smoothly written and a ripping good story to boot. "The Seattle Times""

Por el autor de El club Dante, una brillante y adictiva trama que mezcla el tr#fico del opio y la literatura, el efervescente Boston de fines del siglo XIX, el Londres victoriano y la India colonial. Un apasionante y vertiginoso thriller que reabre uno de los m#s grandes enigmas literarios de la historia. #Qu# ocurri# con la novela inconclusa de Charles Dickens? #Hubo alguna relaci#n entre la repentina muerte del escritor m#s admirado en vida, y esta misteriosa obra cuya sola menci#n deja un rastro de cad#veres en tres continentes? Una apasionante novela que dejar# sin aliento a la cada vez mayor legi#n de seguidores del maestro de la novela hist#rica de intriga, y atrapar# desde la primera p#gina a los nuevos lectores. Rese#as:"Matthew Pearl es la nueva estrella deslumbrante de la ficci#n literaria. Un autor superdotado."Dan Brown "Brillante y erudito."The New York Times "Irresistible... Admirable."The Observer

Matthew Pearl is the internationally bestselling author of The Dante Club, published in more than thirty languages and forty countries, andof The Poe Shadow and, most recently, The Last Dickens. Pearl is a graduate of Harvard University and Yale Law School and has taughtliterature at Harvard and at Emerson College. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Baltimore, 1849. The body of Edgar Allan Poe has been buried in an unmarked grave. The conclusion that Poe was a second-rate writer who died a drunkard is accepted by all. But none of this deters Quentin Clark, an ardent admirer who risks his own career and reputation in a passionate crusade to salvage Poe's. Clark discovers that Poe's last days are riddled with vital unanswered questions. But just when Poe's death looks destined to remain a mystery, Quentin seeks out the one person who can solve this strange case: the real-life model for Poe's brilliant fictional detective character, C. Auguste Dupin. Having successfully recruited the man he believes to have inspired Poe's Dupin, Clarke is confronted by another claiming to be the true model. The two master detectives each seek to prove he is the real 'Dupin' by solving the mystery of Poe's death. Clark finds himself enmeshed in sinister machinations involving international political agents, a female assassin, the corrupt Baltimore slave trade and the lost secrets of Poe's final hours. With his own future hanging in the balance, he must turn master investigator himself to unchain his now imperilled fate from that of Poe.

Boston, 1865. A series of murders, all of them inspired by scenes in Dantes Inferno. Only an elite group of Americas first Dante scholarsHenry Wadsworth Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, and J. T. Fieldscan solve the mystery. With the police baffled, more lives endangered, and Dantes literary future at stake, the Dante Club must shed its sheltered literary existence and find the killer.

Matthew Pearl is the new shining star of literary fiction - an immensely gifted author'Dan Brown, author of The Da Vinci Code

Boston, 1865. Importantes personalidades están siendo asesinadas por un criminal inspirado en los tormentos del infierno de Dante. Sólo los miembros del Club Dante -poetas y profesores de Harvard dirigidos por Henry Wadsworth Longfellow- pueden anticiparse al asesino e identificarle. Nicholas Rey, el primer policía negro del departamento de Bostón, dirigirá la investigación.

En la seva novel•la més fascinant, Matthew Pearl, un dels autors més aclamats per la crítica, reobre un dels misteris més grans de la història de la literatura. L'últim Dickens és un conte ple de girs enlluernadors i de detalls precisos de l'època, que sorgeixen gràcies a la acurada investigació de l'autor que ja va fascinar els lectors dels best-sellers El Club Dante i L'ombra de Poe (Columna). Estem a Boston. Corre l'any 1870. Quan la notícia de la mort sobtada de Charles Dickens arriba a l'oficina dels seus editors americans, Fields & Osgood, un dels socis, James Osgood, envia el seu empleat de confiança, Daniel Sand, a esperar l'arribada de la novel•la inacabada de Dickens. Però el manuscrit no arriba mai i el cos sense vida de Daniel Sand és descobert al moll de la ciutat Osgood es veurà abocat a una recerca transatlàntica per trobar la novel•la que creu que salvarà el seu negoci venerable i ajudarà a desemmascarar l'assassí d'en Daniel.

Boston, 1865. Importantes personalidades están siendo brutalmente asesinadas por un criminal que se inspira en los tormentos del Infierno de Dante. Sólo los miembros del club Dante pueden anticiparse al asesino e identificarlo. Nicholas Rey, el primer policía negro del departamento de Boston, dirigirá la investigación.

En el convulso y puritano Boston de 1865 los miembros del club Dante —poetas y profesores de Harvard dirigidos por Henry Wadsworth— da los toques finales a la primera traducción norteamericana de La

Sinopsis Baltimore, 1849. El cuerpo de Edgar Allan Poe es enterrado en una tumba sin nombre. El público y la prensa asumen su condición de borracho con un patético final. Pero un apasionado admirador, Quentin Clark, lo arriesga todo para descubrir el misterio que rodea sus últimos días y descifrar las extrañas circunstancias de su muerte.

Por el autor de El club Dante, una brillante y adictiva trama que mezcla el tráfico del opio y la literatura, el efervescente Boston de fines del siglo XIX, el Londres victoriano y la India colonial.Un apasionante y vertiginoso thriller que reabre uno de los mas grandes enigmas literarios de la historia. ¿Que ocurrio con la novela inconclusa de Charles Dickens? ¿Hubo alguna relacion entre la repentina muerte del escritor mas admirado en vida, y esta misteriosa obra cuya sola mencion deja un rastro de cadaveres en tres continentes?Una apasionante novela que dejara sin aliento a la cada vez mayor legion de seguidores del maestro de la novela historica de intriga, y atrapara desde la primera pagina a los nuevos lectores.Reseñas: Matthew Pearl es la nueva estrella deslumbrante de la ficcion literaria. Un autor superdotado. Dan BrownBrillante y erudito.The New York TimesIrresistible... Admirable.The Observer

Historia y suspense sobre la misteriosa muerte de Edgar Allan Poe. Una novela del autor de El Club Dante.Una muerte. Dos investigadores. Un duelo de inteligencias.Baltimore, 1849. El cuerpo de Edgar Allan Poe es enterrado en una tumba sin nombre. El publico, la prensa y la propia familia asumen su condicion de escritor caido en desgracia, de borracho con un patetico final. Pero un joven abogado llamado Quentin Clark decide descifrar las extrañas circunstancias de la muerte de Poe.Inspirado por los relatos del autor, Clark intenta encontrar a la unica persona que puede resolver este extraño caso: el personaje real en el que se baso Poe para crear al infalible detective C. Auguste Dupin. Comienza asi una competicion mortal entre dos brillantes investigadores para desentrañar la muerte de Poe y demostrar quien es el verdadero Dupin.Reseña: Es sobresaliente el rigor historico con que Pearl aborda sus novelas.El Cultural