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Mystery masterpiece for Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts.

The Italian Secretary is an intriguing murder mystery which takes the readers on a journey through history and legend. Caleb Carr brilliantly weaves together the past and the present to form a captivating plotline that keeps readers on edge until the very end. It is an excellent read for anyone who loves Sherlock Holmes stories or enjoys historical mysteries.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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ISBN: 9780786715480
Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers Inc
Date of Publication: 2005-04-08
Format: Hardback
Goodreads rating: 3.22
(rated by 5426 readers)

Description

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are summoned to the aid of Queen Victoria in Scotland by a telegram from Holmes' brother, Mycroft, a royal advisor. Rushed northward on a royal trainand nearly murdered themselves en routethe pair are soon joined by Mycroft, and learn of the brutal killings of two of the Queen's servants, a renowned architect and his foreman, both of whom had been working on the renovation of the famous and forbidding Royal Palace of Holyrood, in Edinburgh. Mycroft has enlisted his brother to help solve the murders that may be key elements of a much more elaborate and pernicious plot on the Queen's life. But the circumstances of the two victims' deaths also call to Holmes' mind the terrible murderin Holyroodof "The Italian Secretary," David Rizzio. Only Rizzio, a music teacher and confidante of Mary, Queen of Scots, was murdered three centuries ago. Holmes proceeds to alarm Watson with the announcement that the Italian Secretary's vengeful spirit may have taken the lives of the two men as punishment for disturbing the scene of his assassination.
Critically acclaimed, bestselling author Caleb Carr's brilliant new offering takes the Conan Doyle tradition to remarkable new heights with this spellbinding tale.


Author: Caleb Carr
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 256
Publisher: Carroll & Graf s Inc
Publication Date: 08 Apr 2005
 

Mystery masterpiece for Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts.

The Italian Secretary is an intriguing murder mystery which takes the readers on a journey through history and legend. Caleb Carr brilliantly weaves together the past and the present to form a captivating plotline that keeps readers on edge until the very end. It is an excellent read for anyone who loves Sherlock Holmes stories or enjoys historical mysteries.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.