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The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre
Contributor(s): Smith, Dominic (Author), Rudnicki, Stefan (Director), Hoye, Stephen (Read by)

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 ISBN: 0786174498     ISBN-13: 9780786174492
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
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Binding Type: Compact Disc - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: February 2006
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Historical - General
Dewey: FIC
Physical Information: 1.94" H x 6.1" W x 5.02" L (0.87 lbs)
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1800-1850
- Cultural Region - French
Features: Price on Product, Unabridged
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2005 pg. 1297
 
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Publisher Description:
In this luminous novel, Dominic Smith reinvents the life of one of photography's founding fathers. In 1839, Louis Daguerre's invention took the world by storm. A decade later, he is sinking deep into delusions brought on by exposure to mercury, the very agent that allowed his daguerreotype process. Believing the world will end within one year, he creates his "Doomsday List," ten items he must photograph before the final day. It includes a woman he has always loved but has not seen in half a century. Paris in 1847 was a city of Bohemian excess and social unrest. Into this strange and beguiling world, Louis Daguerre sets off to capture his doomsday images, with the help of the womanizing poet Baudelaire and a beautiful prostitute named Pigeon, in this moving story of ruined love, fame unraveling, and a prodigious mind coming undone.

Contributor Bio(s): Hoye, Stephen: -

Stephen Hoye has worked as a professional actor in London and Los Angeles for more than thirty years. Trained at Boston University and the Guildhall in London, he has acted in television series and six feature films and has appeared in London's West End.

Smith, Dominic: -

Dominic Smith is the author of The Beautiful Miscellaneous. He is a former recipient of the Dobie Paisano Fellowship from the Texas Institute of Letters. His fiction has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and has appeared in the Atlantic Monthly. He grew up in Australia and now lives in Austin, Texas, where he received an MFA from the James A. Michener Center for Writers.

Rudnicki, Stefan: -

Stefan Rudnicki first became involved with audiobooks in 1994. Now a Grammy-winning audiobook producer, he has worked on more than three thousand audiobooks as a narrator, writer, producer, or director. He has narrated more than three hundred audiobooks. A recipient of multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards, he was presented the coveted Audie Award for solo narration in 2005, 2007, and 2014 and was named one of AudioFile's Golden Voices in 2012.
 
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