Rousseau's Ghost

by Terence Ball

Book Overview

A long-missing manuscript from a famous eighteenth-century philosopher with a dark secret, the late twentieth-century murder in Paris of a prominent Princeton professor--and the connection between the two--form the core of this fast-paced mystery novel. Set primarily in Paris and Oxford, Rousseau's Ghost weaves a riveting tale of scholarly intrigue and murder.

An urgent but cryptic request from Professor Ted Porter summons his old friend and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 079143933X
• ISBN13: 9780791439333
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"