813 (English Edition) -

Maurice Leblanc, Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

Ktoczyta.pl

2018

304 páginas

10h 8m

ISBN-13: 9788381489584

"813", first published in 1910 in the newspaper Le Journal, is the fourth book about Leblanc's Thief/Detective Arsène Lupin and begins with the murder of a multimillionaire named Kesselbach by the mysterious ML. Compared to the first three books (Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Burglar, Arsène Lupin vs Herlock Sholmès, and The Hollow Needle) 813 shows Arsène Lupin as a more complex, traditional 'criminal mastermind' character. 813's darker tone, with more murders, plus a formidable rival in the shape of ML for Lupin to contend with, sets the scene for future novels.

Lupin is back after apparently dying in the assault on the hollow needle in the previous novel – but this time, he appears to be a murderer! The mystery, written before the Great War, involves finding a package of letters once written to Bismarck, locating a clock on which the number 813 has significance, as well as causing a reigning emperor to make several journeys incognito. And Lupin, the clever but patriotic French thief, does engage with them and also with the French police of his day, even if on the point of disguising himself and proving to be one of the best detectives of them all. First published in 1919, "813" is one of the very best Lupin novels written by Maurice Leblanc and translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos. Always cheery, fast-paced, engaging, a beautiful adventure novel.

[About the Author]: Maurice Leblanc est ne en 1864 a Rouen. Apres des etudes de droit, il se lance dans le journalisme. En 1907 parait son premier ouvrage - policier -: "Arsene Lupin gentleman cambrioleur". Le personnage devient immediatement populaire et Leblanc en fait le heros d une longue serie d aventures. Au total trente recits, parmi lesquels "Arsene Lupin contre Herlock Sholmes" (1908), "L Aiguille creuse" (1909), "Le Bouchon de cristal" (1912), "Les Huit Coups de l horloge" (1921), "La Cagliostro se venge" (1935) Maurice Leblanc est mort en 1941 a Perpignan.