THE MONSIEUR LECOQ MYSTERIES follow the career of master detective Monsieur Lecoq, an agent of the French Surete as he solves a series of seemingly insoluble mysteries across France. Lecoq is a methodical, scientifically-minded detective who was a major influence on Sherlock Holmes. Includes an active table of contents with back-linking for easy navigation. - The Lerouge Case - The Mystery of Orcival - File No. 113 - Monsieur Lecoq - The Honor of the Name Emile Gaboriau (1832-1873) was a French writer. Born in Saujon, he served as a personal secretary to writer Paul Feval, a pioneering writer...
THE MONSIEUR LECOQ MYSTERIES follow the career of master detective Monsieur Lecoq, an agent of the French Surete as he solves a series of seemingly in...
Emile Gaboriau is frequently credited with being the creator of the modern detective story. He drew on the 40 years of slow evolution of the crime story, following Edgar Allen Poe in the United States, and writers such as Paul Feval, Eugene Sue, Alexandre Dumas the elder, and Honore de Balzac in France, writing popular literature for the masses. Violence, lies, adultery, duplicity, murder, including fratricide and attempted parricide, falsely exchanged or abandoned sons and stolen birthrights, and ever more sins and villainies, find a place in Gaboriau's novels, as they do in many...
Emile Gaboriau is frequently credited with being the creator of the modern detective story. He drew on the 40 years of slow evolution of the crime sto...
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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remov...
Well known novel from the French writer, novelist, and journalist, considered a pioneer of modern detective fiction. The Lerouge Case was his first detective novel, introducing an amateur detective and a young police officer named Monsieur Lecoq, who was the hero in three of Gaboriau's later detective novels.
Well known novel from the French writer, novelist, and journalist, considered a pioneer of modern detective fiction. The Lerouge Case was his first de...
