The Black Tower (32 page)
My account of the dauphin’s final months in the Temple is about equal parts history and invention. For the real deal, the reader is advised to consult Deborah Cadbury’s excellent
The Lost King of France
.
Special thanks to Marjorie Braman, for breathing Vidocq’s name in my ear, and to Vidocq himself, for giving me a reason to go back to Paris.
From there, the usual roll of debt: Christopher Schelling, Peggy Hageman, Sharyn Rosenblum, Abby Yochelson.
To these, add: Dan Mallory (whose talents now extend to book jacket design), Jean-Luc Piningre (French translator nonpareil), Paul Bayard (pro bono medical consultant), Denny Drabelle, Dan Stashower, Sheryl Kroen.
Top it all off with Don.
L
OUIS
B
AYARD
is the author of the national bestseller
The Pale Blue Eye
and
Mr. Timothy
, a
New York Times
Notable book. A staff writer for Salon.com, Bayard has written articles and reviews for the
New York Times,
the
Washington Post
, Nerve.com, and
Preservation
, among others. Bayard lives in Washington, D.C.
www.louisbayard.com
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This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
THE BLACK TOWER
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