The Italian secretary : a further adventure of Sherlock Holmes /
"It all begins familiarly enough: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are summoned to the aid of Queen Victoria in Scotland by an encrypted telegram from Holmes' brother, Mycroft, a royal advisor. Rushed northward on a royal train they soon learn of the brutal killings of two of the Queen'...
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| Format: | CD Audio Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Simon & Schuster Audio ;
[2005]
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| Summary: | "It all begins familiarly enough: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are summoned to the aid of Queen Victoria in Scotland by an encrypted telegram from Holmes' brother, Mycroft, a royal advisor. Rushed northward on a royal train they soon learn of the brutal killings of two of the Queen's servants who had been working on the renovation of the famous and forbidding Royal Palace of Holyrood. Mycroft had enlisted his brother to help solve the murders that mar 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 murder of 'The Italian Secretary,' David Rizzio. Only Rizzio was murdered three centuries ago"--Container. |
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| Item Description: | Title from container. Unabridged. Compact discs. Sound recording. |
| Physical Description: | 6 sound discs (7 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| ISBN: | 0743550048 |