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David Morrell

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Description:From bestselling thriller author David Morrell comes a brooding Thomas De Quincey short story about the coldest of deaths and their heartbreaking aftermath. Thomas De Quincey--the central character of Morrell's acclaimed Victorian mysteries, "Murder as a Fine Art" and "Inspector of the Dead--"was one of the most notorious and brilliant literary personalities of the 1800s. His infamous "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater" made history as the first book about drug dependency. He invented the word "subconscious" and anticipated Freud's psychoanalytic theories by more than a half century. His blood-soaked essays and stories influenced Edgar Allan Poe, who in turn inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to create Sherlock Holmes. But at the core of his literary success lies a terrible tragedy. In this special-edition novella, based on real-life events, Morrell shares De Quincey's story of a horrific snowstorm in which a mother and father died and their six children were trapped in the mountains of England's Lake District. Even more gripping is what happened after. This" "is the true tale of how Thomas De Quincey became the Opium-Eater, brought to life by award-winning storyteller David Morrell. An afterword contains numerous photographs of the dramatic locations in the story.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Opium-Eater (Thomas De Quincey, #1.5). To get started finding The Opium-Eater (Thomas De Quincey, #1.5), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: From bestselling thriller author David Morrell comes a brooding Thomas De Quincey short story about the coldest of deaths and their heartbreaking aftermath. Thomas De Quincey--the central character of Morrell's acclaimed Victorian mysteries, "Murder as a Fine Art" and "Inspector of the Dead--"was one of the most notorious and brilliant literary personalities of the 1800s. His infamous "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater" made history as the first book about drug dependency. He invented the word "subconscious" and anticipated Freud's psychoanalytic theories by more than a half century. His blood-soaked essays and stories influenced Edgar Allan Poe, who in turn inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to create Sherlock Holmes. But at the core of his literary success lies a terrible tragedy. In this special-edition novella, based on real-life events, Morrell shares De Quincey's story of a horrific snowstorm in which a mother and father died and their six children were trapped in the mountains of England's Lake District. Even more gripping is what happened after. This" "is the true tale of how Thomas De Quincey became the Opium-Eater, brought to life by award-winning storyteller David Morrell. An afterword contains numerous photographs of the dramatic locations in the story.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Opium-Eater (Thomas De Quincey, #1.5). To get started finding The Opium-Eater (Thomas De Quincey, #1.5), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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