Books by the French author Maurice Leblanc about the adventures of Arsène Lupin were published and sold out in enormous runs during the author’s lifetime—even larger than the works of Conan Doyle himself. «813» continues the cycle of novels about Arsène Lupin—the elusive thief whose audacious exploits never leave the newspaper headlines; the enigmatic gentleman with inexhaustible imagination, who operates mainly in castles and in high-society salons. Arsène Lupin is a master of disguise, a man of a thousand masks.
The novel is complemented by illustrations by French artists from the first original editions.