Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Bulgarian Codex - Couverture souple

Symonds, Tim

 
9781780922935: Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Bulgarian Codex

Synopsis

It's the year 1900. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson receive an urgent commission from the Prince Regnant of Bulgaria to come to Sofia. The Codex Zographensis, the most ancient and most sacred manuscript in the Old Bulgarian language has been stolen. Its disappearance could lead to the outbreak of war between Russia, Austro-Hungary and the Ottomans, three ageing empires disintegrating like great suns on every side of the Balkans. What follows is an extraordinary story of duplicity, murder, vampires and greed for vast estates in Bulgaria and Hungary, with the fate of millions in Sherlock Holmes' hands.

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Revue de presse

Praise for Tim Symonds' first book - Sherlock Holmes and the Dead Boer at Scotney Castle- involves Holmes and Watson in a deadly political conspiracy. In 1904 the invitation to speak to the exclusive Kipling League at a Sussex country house has unexpected consequences for the detective and the doctor. Holmes suspects that the lecture was arranged to provide an alibi for the murder at nearby Scotney Castle, but uncovering the truth stretches his powers to the limit as the killers have learned more from him than he supposed - and the Kipling League's schemes, like those of Baron Maupertuis, are colossal. It's an engrossing tale, well told. --Sherlock Holmes Society of London

Biographie de l'auteur

Tim Symonds is the author of the best-selling novel Sherlock Holmes and The Dead Boer at Scotney Castle.

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