Ah, how far away are the days when little Jules Meyer helped Sherlock Holmes at the foot of Haut-Koenigsbourg. … This is the Haut-Koenigsbourg piece by the Rhinwagges. Since then, Jules Meyer has grown up, has become a fine bloodhound and has conducted several investigations in Alsace, all of which are written by the talented Jacques Fortier, who began his career as a journalist on our radio. All his surveys highlighting little-known aspects of Alsatian history are published by the Verger Editeur in the collection of the Rhenish Surveys. This is Jules Meyer’s seventh adventure, which takes place in May 1929.
The young Alsatian is called to the rescue, because an old box was found during excavations in the Greene Bari district, of the Montagne-Verte in Strasbourg. But it was stolen three days later. However, it is of exceptional historical importance. The Alsatian detective will have to deal with a young head-to-head researcher, a curious German student, a formidable British agent and a few other disturbing characters, all in search of the precious “Strasbourg box”. Jules will also have to look into two old puzzles unsolved for five centuries, which have caused much ink to flow. What did Gutenberg do between his departure from Strasbourg in 1444 and his return to Mainz in 1448? Where and when did he actually invent the printing press? I won’t tell you more, because Jacques Fortier will keep you going in this thriller entitled “the crime of Gutenberg”, still in the collection of the Rhine Surveys, at the price of 10 € at your favorite bookseller.
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