Arsène Lupin is a gentleman thief, a character created by French writer Maurice Leblanc, considered the french Arthur Conan Doyle. In fact, Lupin has been compared many times with Sherlock Holmes, and Le Blanc even borrowed the character of Sherlock Holmes, who appears in several of Lupin's books. Due to a complain by Doyle, the name was changed to Herlock Sholmes. Titles in this Set: 1) Gentleman Burglar 2) The Confessions of Arsène Lupin 3) The Crystal Stopper 4) The Eight Stokes of the Clock 5) The Golden Triangle 6) The Secret of Sarek 7) The Hollow Needle 8) Arsène Lupin vs Herlock Sholmes 9) 813 10) The Teeth of the Tiger
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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.
