Title: Wonderful, historical fiction
Product review: This is one of Marc Olden's best books, if not his best. The story is primarily set in New York in the 1840's and not only entertains but educates. The characters are fun, Poe is a royal pain and his relationship with Figg develops in to a very touching union between two men who understand the meaning of loss. The flipping of stereotypes is also a clever technique, as Figg is English and thinks with his fists whilst Poe adds the brains and subtlety.The secondary characters are fascinating as well, more so as they are all based on real life people. I was fascinated to find out about New York in this period.If you like historical fiction, then I don't think you can go too far wrong than this book.
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