Sherlock Holmes And The Plot To Assassinate The Tsar
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Sherlock Holmes and the Plot to Assassinate the Tsar
Author: John Raffensperger
language: en
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Release Date: 2022-02-15
The recently discovered diaries of the young Arthur Conan Doyle contain the startling adventures of Doyle, Sherlock Holmes and the Edinburgh surgeon, Joseph Bell in Russia during 1881. At the time, Holmes, a medical school dropout, had become a skilled anatomist, diagnostician and surgeon. Even his most devoted admirers are unaware that Holmes was an undercover agent for Her Majesty's Secret Service before he became a private detective. Holmes and Doyle accompany Dr. Bell when he travels to St. Petersburg to lecture on antiseptic surgery. Doyle's diary of their adventures reveal the origin of Sherlock Holmes’s addiction to cocaine as well as the plots by Prussians and Americans to assassinate Tsar Alexander III. The British are particularly concerned about an ex-officer, driven mad by torture during the Afghan-British war, who is determined to assassinate the Tsar. Holmes, with his uncanny ability, solves a series of murders by observing seemingly insignificant clews, such as the position of chess pieces, a cigar band and a sick dog. Doyle’s attraction to a radical young woman leads to his involvement with students who manufacture bombs. He is thrown in prison and when he visits a bawdy gentlemen’s club, a sword-wielding Cossack challenges him to a duel. Doyle meets famous Russians such as Dostoyevsky and Rasputin. This latest diary will enlighten and enchant all lovers of the Great Detective.
Sherlock Holmes and The Plot To Assassinate The Tsar
The recently discovered diaries of the young Arthur Conan Doyle contain the startling adventures of Doyle, Sherlock Holmes and the Edinburgh surgeon, Joseph Bell in Russia during 1881. At the time, Holmes, a medical school dropout, had become a skilled anatomist, diagnostician and surgeon. Even his most devoted admirers are unaware that Holmes was an undercover agent for Her Majesty's Secret Service before he became a private detective. Holmes and Doyle accompany Dr. Bell when he travels to St. Petersburg to lecture on antiseptic surgery. Doyle's diary of their adventures reveal the origin of Sherlock Holmes's addiction to cocaine as well as the plots by Prussians and Americans to assassinate Tsar Alexander III. The British are particularly concerned about an ex-officer, driven mad by torture during the Afghan-British war, who is determined to assassinate the Tsar. Holmes, with his uncanny ability, solves a series of murders by observing seemingly insignificant clews, such as the position of chess pieces, a cigar band and a sick dog. Doyle's attraction to a radical young woman leads to his involvement with students who manufacture bombs. He is thrown in prison and when he visits a bawdy gentlemen's club, a sword-wielding Cossack challenges him to a duel. Doyle meets famous Russians such as Dostoyevsky and Rasputin. This latest diary will enlighten and enchant all lovers of the Great Detective.
Sherlock Holmes. Morte allo zar (Il Giallo Mondadori Sherlock)
Author: John Raffensperger
language: it
Publisher: Edizioni Mondadori
Release Date: 2024-04-04
A bordo del piroscafo Servia diretto a San Pietroburgo viaggia il dottor Joseph Bell, chirurgo di fama dell'Università di Edimburgo. Lo affiancano per una serie di conferenze nella capitale dell'Impero russo due giovani assistenti, Arthur Conan Doyle e Sherlock Holmes. Già durante la navigazione appare tuttavia chiaro che gli scopi scientifici della loro trasferta passeranno in secondo piano. L'omicidio di un inviato speciale di Sua Maestà, trovato senza vita nella sua cabina, li trascina infatti in un vortice di intrighi politici che hanno come vittima designata lo zar Alessandro III. Si teme che un ufficiale britannico, sopravvissuto alle torture dei russi in Afghanistan, pianifichi di assassinarlo per vendetta. Ma dietro le quinte si muovono anche forze interessate a minare i già precari equilibri tra le nazioni. Se un complotto dovesse avere successo, il rischio di una guerra catastrofica sarebbe altissimo. A Sherlock Holmes e ai suoi compagni si impone dunque di affrontare un'insidiosa partita a scacchi la cui posta in gioco è il destino dell'Europa.