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SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE PLOT TO ASSASSINATE THE TSAR IBD

MX PUBLISHING
12 / 2021
9781787059221
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Sinopsis

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.áAt the time, Holmes, a medical school dropout, had become a skilled anatomist, diagnostician and surgeon.áEven his most devoted admirers are unaware that Holmes was an undercover agent for Her MajestyâÇÖs Secret Service before he became a private detective.áHolmes and Doyle accompany Dr. Bell when he travels to St. Petersburg to lecture on antiseptic surgery.áDoyleâÇÖs diary of their adventures reveal the origin of Sherlock HolmesâÇÖs addiction to cocaine as well as the plots by Prussians and Americans to assassinate Tsar Alexander III.áThe British are particularly concerned about an ex-officer, driven mad by torture during the Afghan-British war, who is determined to assassinate the Tsar.áHolmes, 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.áDoyleâÇÖs attraction to a radical young woman leads to his involvement with students who manufacture bombs.áHe is thrown in prison and when he visits a bawdy gentlemenâÇÖs club, a sword-wielding Cossack challenges him to a duel.áDoyle meets famous Russians such as Dostoyevsky and Rasputin.áThis latest diary will enlighten and enchant all lovers of the Great Detective.

PVP
18,47