Project Gutenberg 2006-09-25 Public domain in the USA. 141 Barr, Robert 1850 1912 The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont Reading ease score: 77.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by David Starner, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont" by Robert Barr is a collection of detective stories likely written in the late 19th century. The book features the character Eugène Valmont, a former chief detective for the French government who has moved to London and now operates as a private detective. The stories revolve around Valmont's clever investigative tactics as he tackles various mysteries and crimes. At the start of this tale, the reader is introduced to Valmont, who reflects on his past work as a detective in France and expresses satisfaction with his current state in London. He is soon drawn into the case surrounding the retrieval of a legendary diamond necklace, rumored to bring misfortune to those who possess it. With the backdrop of various characters, including wealthy buyers and potential criminals who gather for the auction of the necklace, Valmont prepares himself to navigate the dangerous world of theft and deception, highlighting the tensions between his duty to protect valuable treasures and the lurking threats of crime. The opening sets an engaging tone for a narrative filled with intrigue, clever plotting, and a charismatic protagonist. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Humorous stories, English Detective and mystery stories, English Private investigators -- England -- London -- Fiction French -- England -- London -- Fiction PS Text Detective Fiction Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Humour Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 562663 562664 2024-10-08T13:01:29.797840 2023-09-09T04:13:40.878803 text/html text/html 567404 2020-02-08T10:56:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 208562 2020-02-08T10:57:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 291954 2024-10-08T13:01:40.430769 application/epub+zip 297770 2024-10-08T13:01:33.474798 application/epub+zip 283168 2024-10-08T13:01:31.902796 application/epub+zip 555460 2024-10-08T13:01:45.735736 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 518110 2024-10-08T13:01:39.417788 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 478967 2022-09-09T09:05:54.234175 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 531048 530942 2024-10-08T13:01:28.424946 2023-09-09T04:13:39.793785 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 530741 2020-02-08T10:56:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 200401 2020-02-08T10:57:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 530732 2020-02-08T10:56:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 200297 2020-02-08T10:57:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22746 2024-10-08T13:01:45.873727 application/rdf+xml 16290 2024-10-08T13:01:32.475795 image/jpeg 4053 2024-10-08T13:01:32.186805 image/jpeg 280919 2024-10-08T13:01:29.847835 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia