Maurice-Marie-Emile Leblanc (18641941) French writer. Working initially as a reporter at Figaro, he released several collections of short stories, but did not achieve much success. Leblanc’s literary godfather was the influential Parisian publisher Pierre Lafitte. He suggested that he come up with a hero who could compete in popularity with Sherlock Holmes. And Leblanc created Arsene Lupin an image-myth in which the French were pleased to recognize themselves: a strong and courageous hero, cunning, insightful and, most importantly, witty: he defeats his enemies, making fun of them. In addition to five collections of short stories, fifteen novels and three plays about Arsene Lupin, Maurice LeBlanc also wrote two dozen adventure, science fiction, love novels and collections of short stories. This volume presents the novel “The Canoe Dancer”, whose characters vainly try to unravel the mysterious inscription and find treasures, linking this secret only with Roborey Castle, and the solution is in a completely different place. But in search of treasure, they find true friends and devoted love. The novel "The Victor from the Special Brigade" tells about the adventures of Arsene Lupin, the legendary hero of many books Leblanc .