The Italian Secretary - by Caleb Carr (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The bestselling author of "The Alienist" reaches further back into history to the age of opium dens and Jack the Ripper, when fictional detective Sherlock Holmes is summoned to the aid of Queen Victoria in Scotland by Holmes' brother, Mycroft, a royal advisor.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Caleb Carr's novel, <i>The Alienest</i>, was a blockbuster international bestseller and positioned its author as a modern master of the historical thriller. Now, in <i>The Italian Secretary, </i> Carr reaches back further, to the age of opium dens and Jack the Ripper, when fictional detective Sherlock Holmes made the science of murder as real as the gore on a killer's hands... <p/>FOUL WHISPERINGS... <p/>Mycroft Holmes's encoded message to his brother, Sherlock, is unsubtle enough even for Dr. Watson to decipher: a matter concerning the safety of Queen Victoria herself calls them to Edinburgh's Holyroodhouse to investigate the confounding and gruesome deaths of two young men--horrific incidents that took place with Her Highness in residence. The victims were crushed in a manner surpassing human power. And while recent attempts on Her Majesty's life raise a number of possibilities, these intrigues also seem strangely connected to an act of evil that took place centuries earlier... <p/>...UNNATURAL DEEDS<br>For indeed, the slaying of David Rizzio, music master and friend to Mary, Queen of Scots, was an extraordinarily brutal and treacherous act--even for a time when brutality and treachery were the order of the day. Now, the ghosts of Holyroodhouse are being reawakened by someone with a diabolical agenda of greed, madness, and terror as Holmes and Watson set out to trap a killer who is eager to rewrite history in blood...</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>"Caleb Carr' s novel, "The Alienist," ""was a blockbuster international bestseller and positioned its author as a modern master of the historical thriller. Now, Carr reaches back further, to the age of opium dens and Jack the Ripper, when fictional detective Sherlock Holmes made the science of murder as real as the gore on a killer' s hands..." <BR>FOUL WHISPERINGS... <BR>Mycroft Holmes' s encoded message to his brother, Sherlock, is unsubtle enough even for Dr. Watson to decipher: a matter concerning the safety of Queen Victoria herself calls them to Edinburgh' s Holyrood House to investigate the confounding and gruesome deaths of two young men-- horrific incidents that took place with her highness in residence. The victims were crushed in a manner surpassing human power. And while recent attempts on her majesty' s life raise a number of possibilities, these intrigues also seem strangely connected to an act of evil that took place centuries earlier... <BR>... UNNATURAL DEEDS<BR>For indeed, the slaying of David Rizzio, music master and friend to Mary Queen of Scots, was an extraordinarily brutal and treacherous act-- even for a time when brutality and treachery were the order of the day. Now, the ghosts of Holyrood House are being reawakened by someone with a diabolical agenda of greed, madness, and terror as Holmes and Watson set out to trap a killer who is eager to rewrite history in blood... <BR>" Intriguing!" <BR>--"Booklist" <BR>" "The Italian Secretary" captivates." <BR>--"Publishers Weekly"<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Intriguing!" --<i>Booklist</i> <p/>"The Italian Secretary captivates." --<i>Publishers Weekly</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>CALEB CARR</b> is the critically acclaimed, bestselling author of <i>The Alienist</i> series, <i>The</i> <i>Lessons of Terror, Killing Time</i>, and <i>The Devil Soldier</i>. His books have been translated into over twenty languages worldwide. He is also a contributing editor to <i>MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History</i>, and the other series editor of the Modern Library War Series. He was educated at Kenyon College and New York University, and currently lives in upstate New York, where he teaches military and diplomatic studies at Bard College. <p/><b>JON LELLENBERG</b>, author of the afterword, is the U.S. agent for the Conan Doyle Estate, co-editor of a number of anthologies of new Sherlock Holmes stories written by mystery writers, and the historian of the Baker Street Irregulars.</p>
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