The Italian Secretary - Caleb Carr • BookLikes (ISBN:0312939132)

The Italian Secretary

by: Caleb Carr (author)

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The Italian Secretary is mystery fiction by Caleb Carr featuring Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. This literary pastiche is meant as an honourable homage to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and one that had the approval of the Doyle estate.

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Format: paperback

ISBN: 9780312939137 (0312939132)

ASIN: 312939132

Publish date: May 2nd 2006

Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks

Pages no: 338

Edition language: English

Category:

Adventure, European Literature, British Literature, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Detective, Historical Mystery, Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Crime, Suspense

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Book Haunt rated it

9 years ago

http://MildewFairy.booklikes.com Book Haunt 3.0 Caleb Carr does Arthur Conan Doyle

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The Italian Secretary is another tale written concerning Sherlock Holmes and his trusty sidekick Dr. Watson. Sherlock's brother, Mycroft Holmes has sent a mysterious telegram to Sherlock. Once it has been deciphered, it becomes clear to Sherlock that his brother is summoning him to the someti...

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Wyvernfriend Reads rated it

12 years ago

http://wyvernfriend.booklikes.com Wyvernfriend Reads 3.0 The Italian Secretary: A Further Adventure of Sherlock Holmes

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An interesting insertion into the Sherlock Holmes canon. Authorised by the estate of A C Doyle, it's interesting. It lacks something when compared to the original but is quite reflective of them. Caleb Carr has a good hold on the era but failed to give a feel of Edinburgh during the book.

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beishir rated it

13 years ago

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I was truly disappointed by this novel. I was looking forward to reading it on two fronts. First, as a Sherlock Holmes pastiche. Second, as an introduction to Caleb Carr. The Sherlock Holmes story fell far short and left me not likely to read anything else by Carr.To call the novel wordy would be an...

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petkusj rated it

14 years ago

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I had such high hopes for The Italian Secretary by Caleb Carr. My husband surprised me with it just after I had started to renew my addiction to Holmes and had read several mentions of it at the Sherlock Holmes Social Network.Of course, those mentions were not generally favorable, but the setting of...

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