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![]() | A Free Man of Color (1997) (The first book in the Benjamin January series) A novel by Barbara Hambly |
A lush and haunting novel of a city steeped in decadent pleasures...and of a man, proud and defiant, caught in a web of murder and betrayal.
It is 1833. In the midst of Mardi Gras, Benjamin January, a Creole physician and music teacher, is playing piano at the Salle d'Orleans when the evenings festivities are interrupted--by murder.
Ravishing Angelique Crozat, a notorious octoroon who travels in the city's finest company, has been strangled to death. With the authorities reluctant to become involved, Ben begins his own inquiry, which will take him through the seamy haunts of riverboatmen and into the huts of voodoo-worshipping slaves.
But soon the eyes of suspicion turn toward Ben--for, black as the slave who fathered him, this free man of color is still the perfect scapegoat....
Genre: Historical Mystery
It is 1833. In the midst of Mardi Gras, Benjamin January, a Creole physician and music teacher, is playing piano at the Salle d'Orleans when the evenings festivities are interrupted--by murder.
Ravishing Angelique Crozat, a notorious octoroon who travels in the city's finest company, has been strangled to death. With the authorities reluctant to become involved, Ben begins his own inquiry, which will take him through the seamy haunts of riverboatmen and into the huts of voodoo-worshipping slaves.
But soon the eyes of suspicion turn toward Ben--for, black as the slave who fathered him, this free man of color is still the perfect scapegoat....
Genre: Historical Mystery
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Hardback Editions
December 2003 : Library Binding
| Title: A Free Man of Color Author(s): Barbara Hambly ISBN: 0-613-70716-8 / 978-0-613-70716-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Topeka Bindery Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
June 1997 : Hardback
| Title: A Free Man of Color (Benjamin January, Book 1) Author(s): Barbara Hambly ISBN: 0-553-10258-3 / 978-0-553-10258-1 (USA edition) Publisher: Bantam Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
June 1998 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: A Free Man of Color (Benjamin January, Book 1) Author(s): Barbara Hambly ISBN: 0-553-57526-0 / 978-0-553-57526-2 (USA edition) Publisher: Bantam Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 1997 : Paperback
| Title: A Free Man of Color Author(s): Barbara Hambly Publisher: Bantam Books Availability: Amazon More details... |
Other Editions
January 2011 : Kindle edition
| Title: A Free Man of Color (Benjamin January) Author(s): Barbara Hambly Publisher: Bantam Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
August 2003 : Turtleback
| Title: A Free Man of Color Author(s): Barbara Hambly ISBN: 0-606-28794-9 / 978-0-606-28794-4 (USA edition) Publisher: Demco Media Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
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