The American Boy Author:Andrew Taylor England 1819. Two enigmatic Americans arrive in London and soon after a bank collapses. A man is found dead on a building site; another goes missing in the teeming stews of Seven Dials...A strange destiny links each of these events to the American boy Edgar Allan Poe, brought to England by his foster father and sent to the leafy village of Stoke... more » Newington to be educated.« less
Top notch, well-written, perfectly researched for period and characters. Edgar Allan Poe has a strong part and for that alone is worth the cost of admission. I finished this almost 500 page book in one sitting.