Charles Robert-Dumas (1875âÂÂ1946) was a French novelist, particularly specialising in the crime and spy genres. Several of his works have been adapted for the screen. He is particularly known for his series featuring the French spy Captain Benoît of the Deuxième Bureau, a nemesis of the Germans. The popularity the series enjoyed in the 1930s, with the growing threat of war with Nazi Germany, was analogous to Ian Fleming's later James Bond series of novels.