Isbn: 9781780927558 - sherlock holmes and the sword of osman (5 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: As New. : En 1906, lejos de Inglaterra, el Imperio Otomano, gobernado por el déspota sultán Abd-ul-Hamid II, está al borde del colapso. Las potencias rivales, especialmente la Alemania del Kaiser Wilhelm, observan como cuervos en una valla, listas para entrar y dividir los vastos territorios, amenazando las vitales rutas terrestres de Inglaterra hacia sus posesiones indias. En su consultorio médico en Marylebone, Londres, Watson recibe un telegrama desconcertante de Holmes. Watson se une a su antiguo camarada de armas y en cuestión de días, Holmes y Watson se encuentran a bordo del HMS Dreadnought en ruta a Estambul, una ciudad de opulencia legendaria, alto espionaje y baja intriga. Su misión: detener a toda costa un complot que podría provocar el colapso inmediato del Imperio Otomano. EAN: 9781780927558 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Historia Título: Sherlock Holmes and the Sword of Osman Autor: Tim Symonds Editorial: MX Publishing Idioma: en Páginas: 230 Formato: tapa blanda.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Has some light general reading/shelfwear, with a frew light marks to page edges - otherwise this is a clean, tight copy. Dispatch within 24hrs from the UK. Book.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | It's 1906. Far from England, the Ottoman Empire ruled by the despotic Sultan Abd-ul-Hamid 11 is on the verge of imploding. Rival Great Powers, especially Kaiser Wilhelm's Germany, sit watching like crows on a fence, ready to rush in to carve up the vast territories, menacing England's vital overland routes to her Indian possessions. At his medical practice in London's Marylebone Watson receives a mystifying telegram. It's from Holmes. 'Dear Watson, if you can throw physic to the dogs for an hour or two I would appreciate meeting at the stone cross at Charing Cross railway station tomorrow noon. I have an assignation with a birdlover at the Stork & Ostrich House in the Regents Park which has excited my curiosity. Yrs. S.H.' Watson finds the invitation puzzling. Why should such a mundane meeting at a Bird House excite the curiosity of Europe's most famous investigating detective or anyone else? For old times' sake Watson joins his old comrade-in-arms. Within days Holmes and Watson find themselves aboard HMS Dreadnought en route to Stamboul, a city of fabled opulence, high espionage and low intrigue. Their mission: at all costs stop a plot which could bring about the immediate collapse of the Ottoman Empire.…