Name: La Comtesse de Cagliostro (in French)
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Author: LeBlanc, Maurice
ISBN: 9781500557492

portada La Comtesse de Cagliostro (in French)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Maurice LeBlanc

Publisher

Createspace

Language

French

Pages

214

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9x15.2x1.1 cm

Weight

0.29 kg.

ISBN13

9781500557492

Synopsis "La Comtesse de Cagliostro (in French)"

Arsène Lupin, jeune amant de Clarisse d'Étigues, sauve une certaine Joséphine Balsamo que le père et le cousin de Clarisse ont tenté de tuer sur ordre de leur maître chanteur, Beaumagnan. Beaumagnan et ses amis étaient des royalistes engagés. Joséphine Pellegrini-Balsamo était comtesse de Cagliostro, née à Palerme le 29 juillet 1788 d'une liaison de Joseph Balsamo et de Joséphine de la Pagerie. Âgée de quelque 106 ans mais en paraissant 30, elle serait une espionne, traîtresse, voleuse et meurtrière, qui aurait profité du secret de longue vie et de jeunesse de Cagliostro. Lupin va osciller entre son amour pour Clarisse et son amour-passion pour Joséphine, qui lui inspire de la haine. De plus, il est sur la piste d'un secret déjà recherché par Joséphine et Beaumagnan, et leurs amis.

Maurice LeBlanc

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Maurice-Marie-Émile Leblanc (Rouen, December 11, 1864-Perpignan, November 6, 1941), better known as Maurice Leblanc, was a French novelist and short story writer

Born into a wealthy family, his father was a rich shipowner based in Rouen. After finishing his law studies, he dedicated himself to working in various industries in the region. After a while not applying himself much to industrial work, he moved to Paris, where he began his literary career, from around 1892 until 1904. He published about ten books, the first of which was titled: Des Couples (Couples).

In 1904, Pierre Laffite, director of Je sais Tout, commissioned him a story for his newly founded magazine. Maurice accepted the commission and soon delivered an original titled "The Arrest of Arsène Lupin". According to the author's own words, this was the only Lupin story he had planned. However, Pierre Laffite was strongly impressed by the character and encouraged Leblanc to develop the character.

Thus, at forty years old and with a literary prestige earned by his previous works, Arsène Lupin was born from the hand of Leblanc, a gentleman thief, whose work consists of almost 20 books.

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