Fantômas: The Original Pulp Fiction « Books Rekindled

The books were an instant success with artists, scholars, and common people alike. In total, Souvestre and Allain wrote a prodigious 32 books between the years 1911 and 1913, in which Fantômas spreads unmitigated terror over Paris and the surrounding countryside. ... Shortly afterward, a daring robbery is committed at the Royal Palace Hotel upon no other than Princess Sonia Danidoff, who is caught off guard while soaking in her royal bath. ...