The Woman of Mystery (English Edition) - L' Éclat d' Obus

Maurice Leblanc

Aeterna Classics

2018

259 páginas

8h 38m

ISBN-13: 9781091857902

[L'éclat d'obus (The Shell Shard)]: Roman policier de Maurice Leblanc paru en 1916, dont l'action se déroule durant la Première Guerre mondiale. In this pulse-pounding murder mystery from Arsène Lupin creator Maurice Leblanc, a chance encounter irrevocably alters the course of one man's life, and the early twentieth-century tensions between France and Germany boil over.

[From the Back Cover]
On the eve of the Great War, as the nation of France prepares to face an unimaginable threat, Paul Delroze is consumed with thoughts of the past. Years ago, his father, a decorated veteran, was brutally murdered after accidentally uncovering a plot involving the German Emperor himself. The Woman of Mystery is a novel by Maurice Leblanc.

[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.