Lupin barley shows up in this and is always very anoying except for the end of the blue diamond. Just not what I hoped from a writer who was a close contemporary of the original writing of Sherlock Holmes. In terms of the performance it was great. Is there anything you would change about this book? Lupin vs (A bellow average adaptation of) Holmes What more are you waiting for? Beyond highly recommended! If that sounds interesting to you, you must check this one out. This book feels like watching two Chess masters doing battle across an entire country. I’m not sure LeBlanc gets Holmes’ personally down perfectly, he certainly messes up Watson’s doting characterization, but it’s absolutely spectacular to watch the world’s greatest detective go up against the world’s greatest thief. Plus, Holmes scholars will recall that several stories make references to Holmes visiting France, so in my opinion this book should be considered canonical. Harrison returns to continue his outstanding narration from the previous book! Sir Arthur Conan Doyle actually sued LeBlanc for putting Sherlock Holmes into this novel without his permission, but I’d forgive LeBlanc’s intellectual property theft since he is clearly a huge fan of the detective. I absolutely loved Maurice LeBlanc’s first Arsene Lupin Book, “The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin,” so naturally I had to pick up the sequel! Plus, B. Don't miss this extravagant game of plot and counterplot with two of the greatest characters in the mystery genre: Sherlock Holmes and Arsene Lupin. Finally, the great Sherlock Holmes himself is brought in to bring the elusive Lupin to justice.īoth are at the very pinnacles of their respective professions, and each gives as well as he gets in this royal battle of wits. Though Inspector Ganimard, who has already arrested Lupin once, does his very best, he is at a complete loss. How did he do this, given their sheer impossibility and absolute lack of clues? All three of these burglaries couldn't have logically happened, and the valuable pieces are, indeed, missing.
Three desperate crimes each proclaim the orchestration of Arsene Lupin (master of disguise, historian, fine-art expert, and gentleman thief). The result is an experience for the ages that you won't want to miss. Herlock Sholmes because of copyright issues, we have taken the liberty of replacing the counterfeit names originally published with those of the original sleuth himself, Sherlock Holmes (in the place of Herlock Sholmes) and his faithful Dr. The national burglar of France faces off against the national detective of England in two unforgettable stories.
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