New York: Bantam, (1993.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - While best known for his award-winning suspense novels, Byrd is also an expert on 18th century literature, and he spent 5 years researching this historical novel about Jefferson in Paris. INSCRIBED by the author "For ... thanks for coming to hear me at the Davis Library, best wishes" and laid in is the newsletter from the Davis Friends of the Library announcing Max Byrd as the featured speaker at their annual meeting in January 1997. ISBN: 0-553-09470x.