Maurice LeBlanc

The Secret of Sarek Maurice LeBlanc

The war has led to so many upheavals that not many people now remember the Hergemont scandal of seventeen years ago. Let us recall the details in a few lines. One day in July 1902, M. Antoine d'Hergemont, the author of a series of well-known studies on the megalithic monuments of Brittany, was walking in the Bois with his daughter V ronique, when he was assaulted by four men, receiving a blow in the face with a walking-stick which felled him to the ground. Contents: The Deserted Cabin; On The Edge Of The Atlantic; Vorski's Son; The Poor People Of Sarek; "Four Women Crucified"; All's Well; François And Stéphane; Anguish; The Death-chamber; The Escape; The Scourge Of God; The Ascent Of Golgotha; "Eloi, Eloi, Lama Sabachthani!"; The Ancient Druid; The Hall Of The Underground Sacrifices; The Hall Of The Kings Of Bohemia; "cruel Prince, Obeying Destiny"; The God-Stone.