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Originally published in two volumes--a special single volume Lecoq edition

Monsieur Lecoq is one of the earliest fictional detectives and his success with the reading public undoubtedly influenced Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in the creation of his more renowned... Read Full Overview

Originally published in two volumes--a special single volume Lecoq edition

Monsieur Lecoq is one of the earliest fictional detectives and his success with the reading public undoubtedly influenced Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in the creation of his more renowned... Read Full Overview

The slaves of Paris is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1886. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we... Read Full Overview

In this, Gaboriau's penultimate Lecoq novel, Lecoq doesn't make an appearance until the last few chapters of the book. In fact, the protagonists' identity remains unclear until almost halfway through. They're not missed, though, because the antagonists are a group of blackmailers... Read Full Overview

La journ e du 8 f vrier 186.. fut une des plus rigoureuses de l'hiver. A midi, le thermom tre de l'ing nieur Chevalier, qui est l'oracle des Parisiens, marquait 9 degr s 3 dixi mes au-dessous de z ro. Le ciel tait sombre et charg de neige. La pluie de la veille tait si bien... Read Full Overview

"Les esclaves de Paris" par Emile Gaboriau. Emile Gaboriau etait un ecrivain francais, considere comme le pere du roman policier (1832-1873)."

Des malfaiteurs fondent une redoutable association qui va faire trembler Paris dans ses trefonds. Dans l'ombre, ils recueillent methodiquement les honteux secrets, petits et grands, de la population. Au bout de vingt-cinq annees d'efforts opiniatres, ils disposent d'une mine... Read Full Overview