The Beekeeper's Apprentice: Or on the Segregation of the Queen - Hardcover

King, Laurie R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312104235 ISBN 13: 9780312104238

Publisher: Minotaur Books, 1994

Synopsis

A chance meeting with an elderly beekeeper turns into a pivotal, personal transformation when fifteen-year-old Mary Russell discovers that the beekeeper is the reclusive Sherlock Holmes, who soon takes on the role of mentor and teacher.

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Review

"KING has stepped onto the sacred literary preserve of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, poached Holmes, and brilliantly brought him to life again."
-"The Washington Post Book World"
"The Beekeeper's Apprentice has the power to charm the most grizzled Baker Street irregular."
-"Daily News, New York"
"Rousing...riveting...suspenseful."
-"Chicago Sun-Times"
"Wonderful: an intelligently and imaginatively crafted novel that's also great fun."
-"The Drood Review of Mystery" (Editor's Choice)
"Remarkably beguiling."
-"The Boston Globe"

"Wonderfully original and entertaining . . . absorbing from beginning to end."--"Booklist"

"King has stepped onto the sacred literary preserve of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, poached Holmes, and brilliantly brought him to life again."--"The Washington Post Book World"

"Remarkably beguiling."--"The Boston Globe"

"A fascinating and often moving account of a friendship so unusual and so compelling that one almost accepts it as being historically real."--"The Denver Post"

"Enchanting . . . "The Beekeeper's Apprentice "is real Laurie R. King, not "faux" Conan Doyle, and for my money, it's better than the original."--"San Jose"" Mercury News"

"Rousing . . . Riveting . . . Suspenseful."--"Chicago"" Sun-Times"

"King has stepped onto the sacred literary preserve of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, poached Holmes, and brilliantly brought him to life again."--"The Washington Post Book World
""A fascinating and often moving account of a friendship so unusual and so compelling that one almost accepts it as being historically real."--"The Denver Post
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"Enchanting..."The Beekeeper's Apprentice" is real Laurie R. King, not "faux" Conan Doyle, and for my money, it's better than the original."--"San Jose Mercury News
"
"Rousing...Riveting...Suspenseful."--"Chicago Sun-Times
""Wonderfully original and entertaining...absorbing from beginning to end."--"Booklist"
"Remarkably beguiling."--"The Boston Globe"

King has stepped onto the sacred literary preserve of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, poached Holmes, and brilliantly brought him to life again. "The Washington Post Book World"

A fascinating and often moving account of a friendship so unusual and so compelling that one almost accepts it as being historically real. "The Denver Post"

Enchanting..."The Beekeeper's Apprentice" is real Laurie R. King, not "faux" Conan Doyle, and for my money, it's better than the original. "San Jose Mercury News"

Rousing...Riveting...Suspenseful. "Chicago Sun-Times"

Wonderfully original and entertaining...absorbing from beginning to end. "Booklist"

Remarkably beguiling. "The Boston Globe""

King has stepped onto the sacred literary preserve of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, poached Holmes, and brilliantly brought him to life again. The Washington Post Book World

A fascinating and often moving account of a friendship so unusual and so compelling that one almost accepts it as being historically real. The Denver Post

Enchanting...The Beekeeper's Apprentice is real Laurie R. King, not faux Conan Doyle, and for my money, it's better than the original. San Jose Mercury News

Rousing...Riveting...Suspenseful. Chicago Sun-Times

Wonderfully original and entertaining...absorbing from beginning to end. Booklist

Remarkably beguiling. The Boston Globe

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"King has stepped onto the sacred literary preserve of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, poached Holmes, and brilliantly brought him to life again." --The Washington Post Book World

"A fascinating and often moving account of a friendship so unusual and so compelling that one almost accepts it as being historically real." --The Denver Post

"Enchanting...The Beekeeper's Apprentice is real Laurie R. King, not faux Conan Doyle, and for my money, it's better than the original." --San Jose Mercury News

"Rousing...Riveting...Suspenseful." --Chicago Sun-Times

"Wonderfully original and entertaining...absorbing from beginning to end." --Booklist

"Remarkably beguiling." --The Boston Globe

From the Back Cover

'The Beekeeper's Apprentice' is a brilliantly inventive novel that tells the story of Mary Russell, a young girl, who, in 1914, meets a retired beekeeper on the Sussex Downs. His name is Sherlock Holmes, and smug misogynist though he may be, the Great Detective is no fool and can spot a fellow intellect even in a fifteen-year-old woman.

He takes Mary on as his apprentice, and she hones her budding detective skills on a number of small local cases, but then the sky opens on them, and they find themselves the targets of a slippery, murderous and apparently all-knowing adversary. Together they devise a plan to trap their enemy – a plan that may save their lives, but may also kill their relationship . . .

'The Beekeeper's Apprentice' is a fascinating and beautifully observed novel from the award-winning Laurie King.

"Mary Russell combines the quirky intellect of her mentor with a modern modus operandi . . . A heroine to content with"
TIME OUT

"One of the most gifted and literate writers the mystery world ahs ever seen"
VAL McDERMID

Edition details

• Publisher: Minotaur Books
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312104235
• ISBN 13: 9780312104238
• Binding: Hardcover