The Confessions of Arsene Lupin (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781545043035)

"Pooh A heap of uninteresting twaddle " "What Your present of fifty thousand francs to Nicolas Dugrival's wife Do you call that uninteresting? And what about the way in which you solved the puzzle of the three pictures?" Lupin laughed: "Yes, that was a queer puzzle, certainly. I can suggest a title for you if you like: what do you say to The Sign of the Shadow?" "And your successes in society and with the fair sex?" I continued. "The dashing Ars ne's love-affairs ... And the clue to your good actions? Those chapters in your life to which you have so often alluded under the names of The Wedding-ring, Shadowed by Death, and so on ... Why delay these confidences and confessions, my dear Lupin?... Come, do what I ask you ... " It was at the time when Lupin, though already famous, had not yet fought his biggest battles; the time that preceded the great adventures of The Hollow Needle and 813. He had not yet dreamt of annexing the accumulated treasures of the French Royal House 1] nor of changing the map of Europe under the Kaiser's nose: he contented himself with milder surprises and humbler profits, making his daily effort

Author: Alexander Teixeira De Mattos, Maurice LeBlanc
ISBN-10: 1545043035
ISBN-13: 9781545043035
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 05/08/2017
Pages: 196
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.42d