The competition of gentleman burglar Arsène Lupin with his opponent Sherlock Holmes for the 'Blue Diamond' is one of the classic crime novels of the great French entertainment writer Maurice Leblanc. The present new edition has been carefully revised linguistically as well as content. Based on the original translation of 'La dame blonde' from 1923. The 'Arsène Lupin' novels are each self-contained and can be read independently.
Maurice Leblanc (1864 - 1941) was a French novelist, best known as the creator of gentleman thief (later detective) Arsène Lupin.
Leblanc began as a journalist, until he was asked to write a short story filler, and created, more gallant and dashing than English counterpart Sherlock Holmes.