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The war years (1914–1919) · 1914, start of World War I

The Shell Shard

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A World War I novel with Lupin in a small role

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Not required. It's left out of the main story but is part of the full chronological order.

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Quick recap

August 1914. Paul Delroze marries Élisabeth and finds that the woman in an old portrait from her family seems tied to his father's murder years earlier. Soon World War I breaks out, the Germans invade northern France and Élisabeth is trapped at her family's château on the occupied side. Paul heads to the front and turns the war into a personal investigation, chasing the truth about the murder and a planted spy. Lupin barely appears, in a part added later. The book is more war and spy novel than heist story.

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What changed on screen

  1. Behind the scenesLupin was added later

    The novel began as a war story without Lupin. The thief was worked into a later edition, and the book now counts as No. 8 in the series.

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  2. ReferenceWritten mid-war

    Leblanc published the book in 1916, in the middle of World War I, with the German invasion at the heart of the plot.

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