Villa named Le Clos-Lupin in Etretat (northern France). In 1918, Maurice Leblanc, French novelist, creator of the fictional gentleman thief and detective Arsene Lupin, bought the villa Le Sphinx in Etretat. He renamed the villa Le Clos-Lupin. The place was converted into a museum in June 1999 by Maurice Leblanc s grand-daughter, Florence Boespflug-Leblanc (2014/06/24)