Bøger af Orlando Pearson

Orlando Pearson, master narrator of history and Holmestry, has done it again. In this eighth volume of the acclaimed Redacted Sherlock Holmes we learn:what Moriarty had done to be regarded as the Napoleon of crimewhy Watson's wound was first described as being in the shoulder and then in the leg;what happened in the first Hiatus between Holmes and Watson meeting after the Battle of Maiwand in 1880 and the first dated case in 1887;the fate of Agatha, Holmes's fiancée from Charles Augustus MilvertonHolmes also discovers a King of England while Mycroft suppresses the acts of a monster.

It has taken over eighty years, but at long last the British government's embargo on reporting this slice of diplomatic history has been lifted.It was in November 1940, that a senior minister at the British Foreign Office in blacked-out London commissioned Holmes and Watson to go to Berlin negotiate a prisoner of war swap with the German high-command.And the price demanded by Nazi Propaganda Minister, Joseph Göbbels, for any prisoner release? That the two work with the Berlin police to capture a serial killer who is stalking the city's railway network.But is Holmes being entirely honest with Watson about why the Foreign Office wants the pair to conduct an investigation which can only help the Nozi war-effort? And what else might Holmes's investigation of the German railway network uncover? And how can the United States be persuaded to join the war on the British side?An account of real events in London, Berlin, and Moscow in the years 1940 and 1941 which still shape the present.And the reader may feel hand of both Mycroft Holmes and Nicolo Machiavelli behind the statecraft on display.

Five sensational Sherlock Holmes stories by Orlando Pearson followed by three meditations hinting at the most radical theory yet about the Great Baker Street Detective. A Type of Infamy - Holmes investigates a mysterious disappearance in 1938; The Fourth Student - shocking events in the worlds of athletics and medicine; A Question of Time - Holmes, Churchill, and Realpolitik at Britain's finest hour; The Sleeper's Cache - the sequel to the Bruce Partington Plans with Machiavellian manoeuvring by Mycroft; The Other Woman - Holmes's second female nemesis and a musical discovery; and Three Holmesian Meditations - an investigation into the true nature of the enigma that is Sherlock HolmesMr Pearson's previous works have been hailed by the Church Times as "Clever, thought-provoking, and terrific fun". This description applies just as aptly to this latest collection.A must for traditionalists, lovers of crime fiction, and anyone who likes a thrilling read.

VOLUME III of THE REDACTED SHERLOCK HOLMES presents six more scintillating stories from the pen of Orlando Pearson about the great Baker Street detective. Holmes investigates:-              Alarming events at the medical practice next door to Dr Watson;-              Missing autograph manuscripts in Fascist Italy;-              Climate change and a mysterious birth in London in 1894/95;-              Tax evasion by the London Softwear Company;-              The role of cricket in the rise of Hitler; and-              A Kafkaesque plot which foreshadows the banking crash of 2007/08Mr Pearson mixes the Canon with events from history both very recent and from earlier epochs to show-case the talents of the Baker Street sleuth. In this latest volume:-              Dr Anstruther’s Practice;-              The Red Priest’s Treasure Trove;-              A Seasonal Tale;-              A Dutch Sandwich;-              A New Line of Attack; and-              The Trial of Joseph CarrMore information on other stories in The Redacted Sherlock Holmes series can be found at www.OrlandoPearson.com.

Volume II of the Redacted Sherlock Holmes presents more stories manifestly too scandalous to publish in the lifetime of the Great Baker Street detective. Here we meet Sherlock Holmes as he investigates:-why the publication of a British Government report of a recent war is being delayed;-the continued career of James Windibank, villain of A Case of Identity;-the mystery behind the commissioner of a musical masterpiece;-a notorious killing in 1930''s Berlin; and-the complex relationship between Queen Victoria, her family and her domestic servants.Finally, The Adventure of the Fourth Messenger elucidates the contribution of Sherlock Holmes to the writing of the Bible. Mr Pearson mixes canonical stories, history and speculation to produce a sensationally entertaining brew which all lovers of serious sleuthing will find themselves unable to put down. In this volume:-The Alcock Report-The Camberwell Tyrant-An Anonymous Commission-The German Interpreter-The Prince and the Munshi-The Adventure of the Fourth messengerMore information on the other stories in The Redacted Sherlock Holmes series can be found at www.Orlando Perason.com.