The Man With the Black Feather (1909) is a novel by French writer
Gaston Leroux. Originally a journalist, Leroux turned to fiction
after reading the works of Arthur Conan Doyle and Edgar Allan Poe.
His most famous work, The Phantom of the Opera, has become
legendary through several adaptations for film, theater, and
television, including Andrew Lloyd Webber’s celebrated 1886
Broadway musical of the same name. Walking into his office one
morning, a journalist discovers a stranger waiting there for him.
Holding an ornate wooden box, he reveals himself to be the executor
of M. Théophraste Longuet, a deceased manufacturer and a former
acquaintance of the journalist. Suspicious at first, the journalist
accepts the box, opening it to reveal the voluminous memoirs of
Longuet. Within their pages, presumably unread by anyone else,
Longuet describes his discovery of documents revealing that he is,
in fact, the reincarnation of infamous French highwayman Louis
Dominique Cartouche, a vigilante figure who haunted the roads of
18th century France in order to steal from the rich and give their
wealth to the poor. Skeptical, the journalist reads the memoirs,
which lead him to the legendary “Treasure of Cartouche,”
virtually ensuring the accuracy of Longuet’s claims. Assured of
their worth to the public, the journalist convinces his editors to
release their discovery to the world. The Man With the Black
Feather, which is also known by the title The Double Life, is a
mystery novel by Gaston Leroux, one of the leading French detective
writers of his generation. Like much of Leroux’s work, the novel
is partly based on historical events—Cartouche was an actual
figure whose campaign of thievery and charity came to an abrupt end
with his brutal public execution in 1721. With a beautifully
designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition
of Gaston Leroux’s The Man With the Black Feather is a classic of
French literature reimagined for modern readers.
General
Imprint: |
Graphic Arts Books
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Mint Editions |
Release date: |
September 2021 |
Authors: |
Gaston Leroux
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Contributors: |
Mint Editions
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Dimensions: |
203 x 127mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
168 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-5132-0639-4 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-5132-0639-7 |
Barcode: |
9781513206394 |
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