”It was, indeed, the famous necklace, the legendary necklace that Bohmer and Bassenge, court jewelers, had made for Madame Du Barry; the veritable necklace that the Cardinal de Rohan-Soubise intended to give to Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France; and the same that the adventuress Jeanne de Valois,...
Very good for Sherlock Holmes fans. It's a short read, but very much worth it. The beginning was a little slow; however after the initial adventure, everything just passes very fast. I hope Hortenese and Renine end up together as it does not say so at the end of the book. I liked how it wasn't a ...
If this lower rating conflicts with my review of Arsène Lupin, gentleman cambrioleur, I will endorse the first anthology for allowing for misinterpretations. In more... depth, the Arsène Lupin one encounters here is hardly a gentleman, more like a vanitous poseur and a fop with very few scruple...
The review from afar – No. 2Foreword to these overseas reviews:Being committed to a month-long work trip to Malaysia, I decided to forego bring a handful of paperbacks and carry my as-yet-unused, gifted Kindle 3G instead. In preparation of said trip, I visited the Project Gutenberg site and load...
Sherlock Holmes Arrives Too Late “It is really remarkable, Velmont, what a close resemblance you bear to Arsène Lupin!” “How do you know?” “Oh! like everyone else, from photographs, no two of which are alike, but each of them leaves the impression o...
THE ETRETAT NEEDLE WAS HOLLOW! Was it a natural phenomenon, an excavation produced by internal cataclysms or by the imperceptible action of the rushing sea and the soaking rain? Or was it a superhuman work executed by human beings, Gauls, Celts, prehistoric men? &nbs...
Gourel repeated these two fateful words with an absolutely petrified air. They rang within him like a knell. Arsène Lupin! The great, the formidable Arsène Lupin. The burglar-king, the mighty adventurer! Was it possible? “No, no,” he muttered, “it’s not possible, because h...