- Library Binding: 192 pages
- Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd (Feb 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0727862235
- ISBN-13: 978-0727862235
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 13.6 x 2.4 cm
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From a manscript believed to be the work of John H. Watson, MD. A lady calls on Holmes and Watson for their assistance in dealing with stangers who are following her. The mystery deepens when Homes recognizes one of them as the head of Russian Intelligence in London.
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A good double story., 21 Jan 2006
By Dr. Fred R. Eichelman "arous" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Sherlock Holmes and King's Governess (Library Binding)
Barrie Roberts, again using the theme that he has access to a lost manuscript written by Dr. James Watson, does a good job in Sherlock Holmes And The King's Governess. It is a double story as the reader will quickly see the parallel between Holmes's latest client Diana Fordeland and the real Anna Leonowens (of Anna and the King of Siam fame). Watson uses names to protect the people living at the time, however the novel uses real personalities during this period. Diana or Anna is in London for the Queen's Jubilee and to see her former student, now the visiting king or Mongkuria (Siam). She is stalked by Russian agents and the detective story quickly becomes one of international intrigue. Very well done and fast moving. As much as I enjoy new stories about Sherlock Holmes it makes you wonder if Watson wasn't the sloppiest man in England with the hundreds, maybe thousands, of unpublished manuscripts that are somehow being found by modern writers.
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Pretty good!, 23 Dec 2005
By Rory Coker - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Sherlock Holmes and King's Governess (Library Binding)
In this latest Holmes and Watson adventure from British Holmes scholar, historian and writer Barrie Roberts, Holmes tackles a baffling mystery whose roots lie somewhere in Russia. A Canadian journalist, Mrs. Diana Fordeland, finds herself being followed around London by not one but two suspicious groups of men. It's the summer of 1897, the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria, and London is packed with important visitors from nearly every nation on earth. Holmes' investigations disclose a tangled web of associations that somehow involve the murder of a British officer on leave in Paris years before, and a tour through Russia made by Mrs. Fordeland long ago. Roberts delights in revealing that "Fordeland" is a Watsonian pseudonym for Leonowens, but the reader will have guessed it long before, which is why I don't think it is a spoiler to reveal it here. Readers will also be able to guess the identity of the Asian monarch who comes to the assistance of Holmes, Watson and Mrs. Fordeland when they are trapped and surrounded by assassins.
As in other Barrie Roberts Holmes adventures that I have seen, what we have here is a nice blending of real history and pure imagination, a case for Holmes that allows him to display his talents to the full, and a novel that will not insult the intelligence and taste of the reader on every other page. Recommended.
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Capable but not outstanding, 18 Dec 2007
By F. J. Harvey "Cricket ,country music and a go... - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Sherlock Holmes and the King's Governess (Severn House Large Print) (Hardcover)
This is the ninth book in the Sherlock Holmes saga from the pen of Mr Roberts and is set in 1897 ,largely in London.It is the year of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee -the sixtieth anniversary of her accession to the throne -and London is packed to the rafters with celebrants .One such is a Canadian journalist and travel write and former Governess to the King Of Mongkuria ,one Anna Fordeland .She is being followed by two gropus of men and Holmes quickly establishes a Russian connection ,she having been a visitir to Tsarist Russia some years previously .One of the trackers is a dangerous man indeed -Major Kriloff of the Russian Embassy , a man keeping watch on the Russian emigre community (largely opponents of the Tsar-anarchists ,socialists etc)in the East End .The other is a man named Grigorieff ,who is employed by a well to do woman Miss Wortlet-Swann as a translator .
The key is an atrocity in Russia some years previously ,witnessed but not disclosed by Fordeland and Gregorieff .It was carried out by a thoroughly unpleasant man named Slovinski-Rimkoff ,a cousin of the Tsar now present in London ,and the Russians are persuaded she is about to go public and so discredit the regime ,They are prepared to stop at nothing to ensure her silence .Holmes is faced with two issues -saving his client and preventing the assassination of the vile Slovinski-Rimkoff by elements with deeply personal reasons to desire his death.
The book is a bit lacking in action for my taste and while never dull does have its longeurs .The Author's notes in the back of the book reveal that Fordeland is based on the governess in The King And I and also gives some interesting background to the opposition to the Tsar in London exiles circles .These passages are more interesting than the actual book which is a solid read but not in the top echelon of Holmes revival tales
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