was a long series of historical novels, which was suppressed by the censor in 1857, and several others, all on a very large scale, though the number of volumes gives an exaggerated idea of their length. "Les Mystères du peuple" is a lengthy series of novels and novellas dealing with French history. "Les Mystères du peuple" begins with a novel graphically depicting slavery in the Roman Empire, ("The Iron Collar"). Other "Les Mystères du peuple" novels dealt with Early Christianity ("The Silver Cross"), King Clovis I ("The Poniard's Hilt"), the creation of the Duchy of Normandy ("The Iron Arrow-Head"), the Crusades in Palestine ("The Pilgrim's Shell"), the Albigensian Crusade ("The Iron Pincers"), the Jacquerie ("The Iron Trevet"), Joan of Arc ("The Executioner's Knife") and the French Revolution ("Sword of Honor"). The novels were translated into English (as the "Mysteries of the People") and published in New York by Daniel De Leon and his son, Solon. Some of Sue's books, among them "The Wandering Jew" and "The Mysteries of Paris", were dramatized by himself, usually in collaboration with others. His period of greatest success and popularity coincided with that of Alexandre Dumas, with whom he has been compared.