This is one of three novels about Lupin written in World War I. Lupin is a sincere hero who has failings, which ender him to the reader. This romance and adventure/thriller is by far the best of the Lupin series. Contents: D'artagnan, Porthos...And Monte Cristo; A Man Dead; A Man Doomed; The Clouded Turquoise; The Iron Curtain; The Man With The Ebony Walking-stick; Shakespeare's Works, Volume Viii; The Devil's Post-office; Lupin's Anger; Gaston Sauverand Explains; Routed; "Help!"; The Explosion; The "hater"; The Heir To The ...
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This is one of three novels about Lupin written in World War I. Lupin is a sincere hero who has failings, which ender him to the reader. This romance and adventure/thriller is by far the best of the Lupin series. Contents: D'artagnan, Porthos...And Monte Cristo; A Man Dead; A Man Doomed; The Clouded Turquoise; The Iron Curtain; The Man With The Ebony Walking-stick; Shakespeare's Works, Volume Viii; The Devil's Post-office; Lupin's Anger; Gaston Sauverand Explains; Routed; "Help!"; The Explosion; The "hater"; The Heir To The Hundred Millions; Weber Takes His Revenge; Open Sesame!; Arsene I Emperor Of Mauretania; "The Snare Is Laid. Beware, Lupin!"; Florence's Secret; Lupin's Lupins.
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Early vintage printing issued as part of the International Adventure Library series. Red cloth, lettered in black and gilt. Spine stained and soiled; lettering faded out. Endpapers foxed. Page 322 is torn but complete. The interior text is clean and unmarked. Fair condition but suitable for reading. Illustrated with two b/w plates. VINTAGE EDITION OF A CLASSIC ARSENE LUPIN ADVENTURE. The French equivalent to Sherlock Holmes, the Arsene Lupin books are the basis for the new highly popular Netflix series.
