The Secret Cases of Sherlock Holmes - Donald Thomas Reviews
Description:ISBN 0330369776 / Genre: Crime / Thriller / Author: Donald Thomas / Edition: New edition / Paperback / 652 Pages / Book is published ... more
The Secret Cases of Sherlock Holmes - Donald Thomas ... 1998-08-07 by Pan Books
Newest Review: ... author rather places his ideas into the stories as the views of Sherlock Holmes. The longest story is the investigation ... more
... into the real life theft of the Irish crown jewels in which Sherlock is asked by the crown to ensure that the jewels are safe in their safe in Dublin. The king was due to arrive in Ireland and four days before his arrival the safe was found to be ransacked and the jewels taken. Arthur Conan Doyle in the original Sherlock Holmes stories wrote a coded version of this event in the Bruce Partington paper changing the jewels for the plans for a submarine.
In this version the finger is pointed at certain real life members of ...more
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by - written on 27/07/10 (Very useful, 60 readings)
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The secret cases of Sherlock Holmes are a series of short stories featuring Holmes and Watson as written by Donald Thomas. The stories are written in the style of Arthur Conan Doyle and are the best imitations of the great man's books. The secret cases covers real life cases placing the fictional Sherlock Holmes in the middle of the investigations, they are secret because Watson claims that they would hurt the real life people involved. The cases are the theft of the Irish crown jewels in 1907, the Arthur Dreyfuss scandal in France, and the 'marriage' of George V in 1890 before marrying the future Queen Mary. The author rather places his ideas into the stories ... Read the complete review
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