The Riddle of Edgar Poe

England during the Regency, 1819. Despite the lack of recommendations, Thomas Shield obtains a position as an assistant teacher in a suburb of London. Among his students is the young American Edgar Poe, the adopted son of the Allans, and... his best friend, the spoiled delicate Charles Frant. The boys are remarkably similar to each other... Thomas falls in love with the beautiful, yet not very happy mother of Charles and gradually becomes entangled in the web of foreign family secrets and intrigues. When a mutilated corpse is found on the outskirts of the capital, all evidence points to the Frant family. Involuntarily drawn into this tangled story, Shield realizes that he has more than enough reasons for concern. Soon it becomes clear that at the center of these terrifying events is a little American...