Edgar Allan Poe and the Jewel of Peru

by Karen Lee Street

Book Overview

Philadelphia, 1844. As violent tensions escalate between nativists and recent Irish immigrants, Edgar Allan Poe's fears for the safety of his wife, Virginia, and mother-in-law, Muddy, are compounded when he receives a parcel of mummified bird parts. Has his nemesis returned to settle an old score? Just as odd is the arrival of Helena Loddiges, a young heiress who demands Poe's help to discover why her lover died at the city's docks on his return...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1643132644
• ISBN13: 9781643132648
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Pegasus Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"