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Hercule Flambeau is a fictional character created by English novelist G. K. Chesterton, who appears in 16 short stories about the character Father Brown. A master criminal, his surname "Flambeau" is an alias, the French word for a flaming torch. He first appeared in the story "The Blue Cross" as a jewel thief. Father Brown foiled his attempted ...
On a frigid winter's night in England, Father Brown and his friend Hercule Flambeau visit a lonely churchyard and view the monumental tomb, with a broken sword alongside the recumbent effigy, of the late British General Sir Arthur St. Clare, who is adulated by the British public (and American tourists) as a war hero. On their ensuing long walk ...
Hercule Flambeau, awaiting trial for murder, asks for Father Brown to act as his chaplain and professes his innocence. However, at his pre-trial hearing, he pleads guilty and is condemned to death. Father Brown realises he is part of Flambeau's plan to find a gold medallion hidden by the architect of the prison where he is being held.
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"The Blue Cross" is a short story by G. K. Chesterton. It was the first Father Brown short story and also introduces the characters Hercule Flambeau and Aristide Valentin. It is unique among the Father Brown mysteries in that it does not follow the actions of the Father himself, but rather those of Valentin.
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Father Brown makes his first appearance in the story "The Blue Cross" published in 1910 and continues to appear throughout fifty short stories in five volumes, with two more stories discovered and published posthumously, often assisted in his crime-solving by the reformed criminal M. Hercule Flambeau.