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The Woman of Mystery

Maurice Leblanc

Book Overview: 

In 1898, a young boy watches in horror as his father is stabbed to death by a mysterious woman wearing a black lace scarf and an ornate brooch, Years later, when he arrives with his new bride at the chateau that was part of her dowry, he sees in a portrait the face of his father's murderer, wearing the same black lace and brooch -- his wife's late mother. Then he himself is attacked by a man resembling that same woman. Torn between love and repulsion for his bride, and plagued by self doubt, he answers the call to arms as world war begins. And in that war lies the answer to questions that have tormented him since the night of the original murder

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Book Excerpt: 
. . . some days, which would have strengthened our operations against the left flank of the Germans.

So Corvigny had fallen; and the Château d'Ornequin, doubtless abandoned, as Paul himself hoped, by Jérôme and Rosalie, was now destroyed, pillaged and sacked with the methodical thoroughness which the Huns applied to their work of devastation. On this side, too, the furious horde were crowding precipitately.

Those were sinister days, at the end of August, the most tragic days perhaps that France has ever passed through. Paris was threatened, a dozen departments were invaded. Death's icy breath hung over our gallant nation.

It was on the morning of one of these days that[Pg 73] Paul heard a cheerful voice calling to him from a group of young soldiers behind him:

"Paul, Paul! I've got my way at last! Isn't it a stroke of luck?"

Those young soldiers were lads who had enlisted voluntarily and been drafted into the re. . . Read More

Community Reviews

One of my favorite books i've read! 4.8

(Note: Lupin is basically not in the novel, he appears only once)

The mistery is very intriguing, and the villain has many faces and desguises, but to defeat her the hero is a strong man with a sharp mind, quick reflexes( and plot armor).
Like every Lupin book

Dramatic. Unforgettable. Quite different from the previous books in the series.

I'm unsure if I have read these books out of order or am missing something more profound than my comprehension but I found this book lacking almost every since of Maurice Leblanc's writings. The only reason I did not put it down (as I do most uninteresting books) is that Arsene Lupin could be one of

This was clearly written at the height of World War I. The Germans are demonized, the French are heroes, and the sickening violence of the war is evident. Lupin is only incidentally involved. In fact one wonders if this was originally a non-Lupin novel that was retrospectively put in to the canon. L

نبذة عن الكتاب:

لم ينسى الملازم الفرنسي [ بول ديلورز ] الحادثة التي أودت بأبيه قتيلًا أمام ناظريه، لم ينسى ملامح من ارتكب هذا الفعل الشنيع كانت كل تقاسيم هذا المجرم قابعة في ذاكرته.
كبر وعشق وتزوج، وفي ليلة زفافه من الانسانة التي عشقها، بدل أن يعيش معها أسعد لحظاته كانت أتعس لحظاته، بسبب الصورة التي

Stavolta è più un 4.5. Mi piace più Lupin nelle vesti di Lupin o con tutti i suoi travestimenti possibili ma non così. Comunque lettura veloce.

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