The Mystery of Orcival (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781447478935)

This early work by Émile Gaboriau was originally published in 1867 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'The Mystery of Orcival' is one of Gaboriau's novels of crime and mystery. Émile Gaboriau was born in the small town of Saujon, Charente-Maritime, France. During his twenties, he became a secretary to Paul Féval - a an author now regarded as one of the fathers of modern crime fiction, whose Jean Diable (1862) is seen as the world's first modern detective novel.

Author: Émile Gaboriau
ISBN-10: 1447478932
ISBN-13: 9781447478935
Publisher: Saveth Press
Language: English
Published: 02/14/2013
Pages: 430
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.96d