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At West Point Academy in 1830, the calm of an October evening is shattered by the discovery of a young cadet's body swinging from a rope. The next morning, an even greater horror comes to light. Someone has removed the dead man's heart. Augustus Landor—who acquired some renown in his years as... read more

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My professional involvement in the West Point affair dates from the morning of October the twenty-sixty, 1830.

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  1. Louis Bayard (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 0060733977
Page Count: 432

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