Diamond Jubilee: Sherlock Holmes, Mark Twain, and the Peril of the Empire

Diamond Jubilee: Sherlock Holmes, Mark Twain, and the Peril of the Empire is a novel by Paul D. Schullery. This edition has an ISBN of 9781787053670 and a page count of 268.

Key details

• Author: Paul D. Schullery
• ISBN: 9781787053670
• Page count: 268

Synopsis

Set in June 1897 on the eve of London’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations for Her Royal Highness Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India, the story opens at 221B Baker Street as Samuel Clemens arrives with a stark warning. Holmes and Watson are drawn into the final days before the event, as a strange international conspiracy begins to unfold.

As their investigation deepens, the threat proves broader than first imagined, with the fate of the Empire in the balance. Alongside Holmesian deduction and ventures into the London underworld, the narrative brings in a wide cast, from a formidable London “crime queen” and Prime Minister Robert Gascoyne-Cecil to Mycroft Holmes, Scotland Yard, the Baker Street Irregulars, and an unsettling presence of rats. Suitable for readers who enjoy Sherlock Holmes adventures set against a vividly realised historical London.

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