Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Thief (Penguin Classics)
Maurice Leblanc (1864-1941) French author and journalist, was the creator of Arsene Lupin, master of disguises, the French gentleman-thief turned detective. Leblanc was a very prolific writer - he published over sixty novels and short stories.      Michael Sims is the author of Adam's Navel: A Natural and Cultural History of the Human Form, and Darwin's Orchestra: An Almanac of Nature in History and the Arts.