Project Gutenberg 2011-11-19 Public domain in the USA. 68 Vidocq, Eugène François 1775 1857 Vidocq, Eugene Francois Vidocq, François Mémoires de Vidocq, chef de la police de Sureté jusqu'en 1827, tome III Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Mémoires de Vidocq, chef de la police de Sûreté jusqu'en 1827, tome III" by Vidocq is a historical account written in the early 19th century. The narrative chronicles the life of Eugène François Vidocq, a criminal who became the first private detective in France, detailing his experiences and reflections on crime and the law enforcement of his time. Through his own life story, Vidocq illustrates the intricate relationship between criminals and the police, suggesting a morally complex landscape where these worlds often intersect. The opening of this tome introduces significant figures in the policing system, particularly focusing on the practices of M. de Sartines and M. Lenoir in manipulating thieves for their own ends. Vidocq critiques the state of policing during the pre-revolutionary period, where criminals were sometimes treated as entertainment rather than threats. He outlines how the police engaged known criminals as agents to further their own interests, blurring the lines between law enforcement and crime. Vidocq’s musings offer a captivating glimpse into the operations of the law and the scurrilous back-and-forth between officers and thieves in early 19th century Paris, setting the stage for deeper explorations of morality and justice in the chapters that follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Vidocq, Eugène François, 1775-1857 Crime -- France Criminals -- France Detectives -- France -- Biography HV Text FR Biographie, Mémoires, Journal intime, Correspondance Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: History - General 617043 617052 2024-09-16T06:31:37.307669 2023-09-16T12:44:05.556141 text/html text/html 612627 2011-11-19T15:12:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 223659 2011-11-19T15:12:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 299874 2024-09-16T06:31:48.164546 application/epub+zip 307645 2024-09-16T06:31:40.338605 application/epub+zip 300997 2024-09-16T06:31:39.151619 application/epub+zip 647683 2024-09-16T06:31:53.835509 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 594534 2024-09-16T06:31:47.290569 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 422776 2022-09-17T11:41:49.146028 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 544242 2024-09-16T06:31:35.924626 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 544055 2011-11-19T15:12:02 text/plain; charset=utf-8 212441 2011-11-19T15:12:54 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 529714 2011-11-19T15:12:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 210286 2011-11-19T15:12:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 21258 2024-09-16T06:31:53.983514 application/rdf+xml 24656 2024-09-16T06:31:39.550596 image/jpeg 4533 2024-09-16T06:31:39.353589 image/jpeg 296319 2024-09-16T06:31:37.362599 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia