Fantômas · Character
Lord Beltham
A popular English lord whose disappearance Juve treats as a crime before anyone has a body to prove it.
supporting
Also known as Beltham
First appearance: i the genius of crime
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The victim; his body is discovered in a trunk in Gurn's flat.
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Lord Beltham, formerly of the English Embassy in Paris and a veteran of the Transvaal with his courageous wife, has vanished from the social world that knew him at Neuilly-sur-Seine. Juve tells La Capitale that a crime…
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- Other
Character groups
- Nobility and Victims
- Protagonist
- Investigators and Officials
- Extended Cast and Servants
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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