The Angel of Darkness is a novel by Caleb Carr

Caleb Carr

Caleb Carr is an American novelist and military historian.-Biography:A son of Lucien Carr, a former UPI editor and a key Beat generation figure, he was born in Manhattan and lived for much of his life on the Lower East Side. He attended Kenyon College and New York University, earning a B.A. in...

. It was published in 1997; (ISBN 0-7515-2275-9) and is a follow-up of The Alienist

The Alienist

The Alienist is a crime novel by Caleb Carr first published in 1994. It takes place in New York City in 1896, and includes appearances by many famous figures of New York society in that era, including Theodore Roosevelt and J. P. Morgan. The sequel to the novel is The Angel of Darkness. The story...

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Historical figures in the novel

• Clarence Darrow
  Clarence Darrow
  Clarence Seward Darrow was an American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union, best known for defending teenage thrill killers Leopold and Loeb in their trial for murdering 14-year-old Robert "Bobby" Franks and defending John T...
  
  
• Theodore Roosevelt
  Theodore Roosevelt
  Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States . He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" persona and robust masculinity...
  
  
• Cornelius Vanderbilt II
  Cornelius Vanderbilt II
  Cornelius Vanderbilt II was an American socialite, heir, businessman, and a member of the prominent United States Vanderbilt family....
  
  
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton
  Elizabeth Cady Stanton
  Elizabeth Cady Stanton was an American social activist, abolitionist, and leading figure of the early woman's movement...
  
  
• Albert Pinkham Ryder
  Albert Pinkham Ryder
  Albert Pinkham Ryder was an American painter best known for his poetic and moody allegorical works and seascapes, as well as his eccentric personality...
  
  
• Cecilia Beaux
  Cecilia Beaux
  Cecilia Beaux was an American society portraitist, in the manner of John Singer Sargent. She was a near contemporary of better-known American artist Mary Cassatt and also received her training in Philadelphia and France...
  
  

Plot summary

Stevie Taggert tells of the mystery of Señora Linares's missing child. Set in 1897, the mystery is complicated by rising tensions between Spain and the United States and forces the team to ask, within the context of their era, a complex ethical question, could the act of a woman murdering her own kids be looked at as her trying to gain control over her life and her world?

External links

• 17th Street Comprehensive site dedicated to The Alienist and The Angel of Darkness