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Theo von Blankensee

1881–1928

A prolific German storyteller of popular adventure and crime fiction, he wrote under the pen name Theo von Blankensee as well as his own name, Matthias Blank. His books came from the fast-moving world of early 20th-century entertainment, where suspense and action mattered most.

57 Audiobooks

Lord Lister No. 0308: Het geheim van Waverghem

by Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman, Kurt Matull

Lord Lister No. 0027: Letter R. 100

by Theo von Blankensee, Kurt Matull

Lord Lister No. 0302: Chesterton en Chesterton

by Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman, Kurt Matull

Lord Lister No. 0375: Amor en Mercurius

by Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman, Kurt Matull

Lord Lister No. 0001: De Groote Onbekende

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

Lord Lister No. 0115: Een Sinterklaas-verrassing

by Anonymous, Theo von Blankensee, Kurt Matull

Lord Lister No. 0026: Inspecteur Baxter in het krankzinnigengesticht

by Theo von Blankensee, Kurt Matull

Lord Lister No. 0117: De museumdiefstal

by Theo von Blankensee, Kurt Matull

Lord Lister No. 0014: De verwisselde detective

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

Lord Lister No. 0461: De moord op John Cormick

by Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman, Kurt Matull

Lord Lister No. 0376: De moord in Short Gardens

by Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman, Kurt Matull

Lord Lister No. 0004: De millioenenschat in de Doodkist

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

Lord Lister No. 0025: De bankdirecteur

by Theo von Blankensee, Kurt Matull

Lord Lister No. 0356: Het verdrag met de Oekraïne

by Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman, Kurt Matull

Lord Lister No. 0003: De Ridderordendiefstal in het Koninklijk Paleis

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

Lord Lister No. 0306: Een avontuur van Koning Alfonso

by Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman, Kurt Matull

Lord Lister No. 0010: De beeltenis der Indische

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

Lord Lister No. 0020: De bloeddorstige

by Theo von Blankensee, Kurt Matull

Lord Lister No. 0018: Het geheim van de verminkte kinderen

by Theo von Blankensee, Kurt Matull

Lord Lister No. 0021: Onder de puinhoopen van Messina

by Theo von Blankensee, Kurt Matull

Lord Lister No. 0019: De erfenis van Eaglestone

by Theo von Blankensee, Kurt Matull

Lord Lister No. 0378: De Aanslag op de Londensche Beurs

by Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman, Kurt Matull

Lord Lister No. 0114: Raffles in Groningen

by Theo von Blankensee, Kurt Matull

Lord Lister No. 0385: De Hotelratten

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman

Lord Lister No. 0017: De gestrafte Don Juan

by Theo von Blankensee, Kurt Matull

Lord Lister No. 0377: De Heuvel van den Dooden Man

by Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman, Kurt Matull

Lord Lister No. 0016: Bij de Parijsche Apachen

by Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman, Kurt Matull

Lord Lister No. 0002: De straf van den juweelenvervalscher

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

Lord Lister No. 0023: Het geheim van den ring

by Theo von Blankensee, Kurt Matull

Lord Lister No. 0381: De Misdaad in Sutherland Avenue

by Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman, Kurt Matull

Lord Lister No. 0382: De agent van Lenin

by Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman, Kurt Matull

Lord Lister No. 0388: Een nieuwe Strijd

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman

Lord Lister No. 0394: Het einde van Irwin Stanley

by Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman, Theo von Blankensee, Kurt Matull

Lord Lister No. 0006: De dubbelganger van den bankdirecteur

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

Lord Lister No. 0005: De zwarte man in het slaapvertrek

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

Lord Lister No. 0116: Een drama uit de groote wereld

by Theo von Blankensee, Kurt Matull

Lord Lister No. 0111: De gestolen familiejuweelen

by Theo von Blankensee, Kurt Matull

Lord Lister No. 0012: Verzonken schatten

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

Lord Lister No. 0009: Om goud en liefde

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

Lord Lister No. 0013: De inbraak in den slaapwagen

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

Lord Lister No. 0383: De Fabrieksbaas

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman

Lord Lister No. 0305: De schijndooden

by Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman, Kurt Matull

Lord Lister No. 0304: De wraak eener vrouw

by Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman, Kurt Matull

Lord Lister No. 0301: Het einde van een schrikbewind

by Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman, Kurt Matull

Lord Lister No. 0008: In de Catacomben van Parijs

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

Lord Lister No. 0007: De speelvorst van Monaco

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

Lord Lister No. 0024: De heilige schat van den Siwa

by Theo von Blankensee, Kurt Matull

Lord Lister No. 0373: De krankzinnige

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman

Lord Lister No. 0372: Een Bolsjewistisch avontuur

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman

Lord Lister No. 0015: De zilveren apostel

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

Lord Lister No. 0022: De goudmaker

by Theo von Blankensee, Kurt Matull

Lord Lister No. 0398: Duister New-York

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman

Lord Lister No. 0384: Het Diamanten Halssnoer

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman

Lord Lister No. 0390: Eleonore Manoury

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee, Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman

Lord Lister No. 0392: Het Eiland der Menscheneters

by Felix (Leonard Felix) Hageman, Theo von Blankensee, Kurt Matull

Lord Lister No. 0011: De diamanten van den hertog van Norfolk

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

Lord Lister No. 0399: Een gevaarlijk Avontuur

by Kurt Matull, Theo von Blankensee

About the author

Born in Munich in 1881, Matthias Blank was a German writer who also published as Theo von Blankensee. Library and authority sources agree on his basic dates, and several literary catalogs describe him as a popular author of adventure and crime fiction.

His work belonged to the lively mass-market reading culture of the early 1900s. Modern catalogs list multiple pseudonyms connected with him, which suggests a very active writing career and a readiness to write for different series, genres, and audiences.

Blank died in 1928. Although he is not widely known today, his stories still surface in public-domain libraries and reprint catalogs, where he remains of interest to readers drawn to vintage German thrillers and adventure tales.