Sealed away from public view more than a century at the instruction of
their author, Dr John Watson, these three cases of Sherlock Holmes are
available here for the first time. Like the earlier volume in this
series, each reveals the role Holmes and Watson played in
investigating crimes involving actual historical events and prominent
personages. "A Grotesquery in Limehouse" explores Holmes' involvement
in solving the mutilation and murder of a Belgian businessman near the
London docks, a crime that is linked to the despicable role of King
Leopold II in brutally exploiting the people and resources of the
Belgian Congo. "The Disappearances at the Flannan Light" recounts
Holmes' role in solving a century and a quarter long mystery
concerning what befell the three keeps who vanished without a trace
from the remote Scottish Flannan Lighthouse on the cusp of the
twentieth century. "The Case of the Shattered Propeller" plunges
Holmes and Watson into the inquiry into the disastrous crash of the
Wright Flyer during its military trial flight in Fort Myer, Virginia
in 1908, revealing long-concealed aspects of this tragic moment in
aviation history. These stories have been prepared for public release
by John Lawrence, who has edited numerous historic Holmes adventures
in the volumes of the MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures as
well as the novel, Sherlock Holmes and the Affair at Mayerling Lodge.
He worked for 38 years in the U.S. House of Representatives and is a
history Ph.D. and professor living in Washington DC and Santa Fe, New
Mexico. His non-fiction works include Arc of Power: Inside the
Speakership of Nancy Pelosi, and Class of '74: Congress After
Watergate and the Roots of Partisanship.
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ISBN
9781804243312
Publisert
2024
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Utgiver
Andrews UK
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Product language
Engelsk
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Digital bok
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