Sherlock Holmes and The Crowned Heads of Europe

Sherlock Holmes and The Crowned Heads of Europe by Thomas A. Turley is a collection of four interconnected Sherlock Holmes novellas, illustrated by Marcia Wilson. This edition is presented as a single volume spanning 314 pages.

Included titles

• The Case of the Dying Emperor (1888)
• The Inconvenient Heir-Apparent (1898)
• A Scandal in Serbia (1903)
• The Welbeck Abbey Shooting Party (1913)

Key details

• Author: Thomas A. Turley
• Illustrator: Marcia Wilson
• ISBN: 9781787057715
• Length: 314 pages
• Publication date: 24 June 2021
• Collection of four interconnected novellas

Synopsis

Across four cases, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are drawn into a quarter-century of espionage set against the German Empire, a campaign that culminates on the night of 2 August 1914. The stories move from Charlottenburg, where Holmes is tasked with protecting Germany’s ailing Emperor Frederick III from political manoeuvring, to Geneva, where Empress Elisabeth of Austria seeks answers about Crown Prince Rudolf.

The collection continues with an account positioned as the events behind “A Scandal in Bohemia”, before closing with a prequel to “His Last Bow”, balancing a threatened heir-apparent against the demands of a more consequential mission involving a German spy. Suitable for readers who enjoy Sherlock Holmes pastiche and historically framed mysteries.

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