The Siam Question: The Sherlock Holmes Report Vol 1: v. 1 (Holmes Report S.) - Hardcover

Sheil, Timothy Francis

9780953816002: The Siam Question: The Sherlock Holmes Report Vol 1: v. 1 (Holmes Report S.)

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ISBN 10: 0953816001 ISBN 13: 9780953816002

Publisher: Camden House Publishing Limited, 1999

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Review:

A very handsome hardback novel of 600 pages. It purports to recount Sherlock Holmes's adventures during the Great Hiatus. Mr Sheil lives in Thailand and has familiarised himself with the international diplomacy of a century ago. As many surmised, Holmes undertook his Eastern travels on behalf of the British Government - accompanied by the French agent Francois le Villard - encountering more excitement and danger than he would permit Dr Watson to record. The events in India, Tibet and Siam have their repercussions in England, when Holmes returns to Baker Street he must deal with Colonel Moran, Colonel Moriarty and other less expected foes. The Siam Question is an engrossing tale of high adventure, nicely presented and well written. The framing narrative is a simulacrum of Dr Watson's style, but the bulk of the report, by le Villard, requires only an acceptably Victorian idiom, which Mr Sheil carries off admirably. -- Sherlock Holmes Society of London newsletter - The District Messenger no. 197 Feb. 4 2000

From the Author:

The Siam Question was first conceived in 1983 and developed over a period of fifteen years. It enabled me to combine my interests in Sherlockian scholarship, historical research and the genre of 'crime and mystery' writing. Two years of research, writing and production has seen the realisation of the first part of the concept, now The Egypt Question, the second part, is underway!

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