The Black Tower - Audio CD - Unabridged Author:Louis Bayard, Simon Vance (Narrator) Legendary police officer Vidocq has used his mastery of disguise and surveillance to capture some of the most notorious and elusive criminals of the Parisian underworld. Now, he may prove that the Dauphin still lives. — Audio Review: — Bayard's ably written historical whodunit fills in the blanks of a timeless mystery that history itself chose... more » to leave obscure. The novel is a brilliant example of the genre, spun from the century-old rumors that the young son of the doomed Marie Antoinette and King Louis XVI avoided their fate. Simon Vance intuitively understands the fun of this enterprise and attacks the narration with a headlong relish, voicing a cavalcade of characters from all strata of nineteenth-century Paris--from duchesses and marquis to thieves and prostitutes. Best of all is his portrayal of the fearsome Eugene Vidocq, the relentless, streetwise detective whose investigation of one murder leads to his determined pursuit into the fate of the young dauphin. -- AudioFile