813
1910
First Published
3.96
Average Rating
440
Number of Pages
Part of Series
When one of Arséne Lupin' victims is found dead in a way that implicates the wily criminal, he insists on heading the police search for the real murderer. The mystery 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. Murders by the dozens, suicide and mild forms of torture are warp and woof of the plot.
Avg Rating
3.96
Number of Ratings
1,899
5 STARS
34%
4 STARS
37%
3 STARS
22%
2 STARS
6%
1 STARS
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Author
Maurice Leblanc
Author · 61 books
Maurice Leblanc (1864 - 1941) was a French novelist, best known as the creator of gentleman thief (later detective) Arsène Lupin. Leblanc began as a journalist, until he was asked to write a short story filler, and created, more gallant and dashing than English counterpart Sherlock Holmes.
