Publisher's Synopsis
If you like action and intrigue with a very small bit of romance, I believe you will enjoy this book.This is an interesting origin story. The story is of an English boy brought to Paris under mysterious circumstances, who becomes the dogsbody of Troyon's, a seemingly seedy and very French hotel.The boy grows into thievery, and is one day both caught in the act and made the "apprentice" of a gentlemen jewel thief.The general action of the story follows the return of our hero to Troyon's many years later. And conspiracy and mayhem follow.Louis Joseph Vance (September 19, 1879-December 16, 1933) was an American novelist, born in Washington, D. C., and educated in the preparatory department of the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. He wrote short stories and verse after 1901, then composed many popular novels. His character Michael Lanyard, also known as The Lone Wolf, was featured in eight books and 24 films between 1914 and 1949 and also appeared in radio and television series.
