J Lawrence Matthews

Gebundenes Buch

One Must Tell the Bees

Abraham Lincoln and the Final Education of Sherlock Holmes

Beschreibung

"What do you get when you cross Abraham Lincoln with Sherlock Holmes? The alchemy of creative genius. Matthews brings us to the intersection of history and fiction in this beautifully written epic full of unfathomable twists and turns. It's elementary: this book is sensational." - Jim Campbell, syndicated radio host and author of Madoff Talks: Uncovering the Untold Story Behind the Most Notorious Ponzi Scheme in History. "President Lincoln is assassinated in his private box at Ford's!" When those harrowing words ring out during a children's entertainment in Washington on the evening of April 14, 1865, a quick-thinking young chemist from England named Johnnie Holmes grabs the 12-year-old son of the dying President, races the boy to safety, and soon finds himself enlisted in the most infamous manhunt in history. One Must Tell the Bees is the untold story of Sherlock Holmes's journey from the streets of London to the White House of Abraham Lincoln and, in company with a freed slave named after the dead President, their breathtaking pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth. It is the very first case of the man who would become known to the world as Sherlock Holmes, and as readers will discover, it will haunt him until his very last. At a time when Western history is being reexamined and retold, old heroes cast aside and statues torn down, and even the legacy of Abraham Lincoln, "the Great Emancipator," is questioned, One Must Tell the Bees is a timely reminder that our history deserves to be understood before it is entirely undone.

Autor

J. Lawrence Matthews has contributed fiction to the New York Times and NPR's All Things Considered, and is the author of three non-fiction books as Jeff Matthews. One Must Tell the Bees: Abraham Lincoln and the Final Education of Sherlock Holmes is his first novel, the result of a passion for the original Sherlock Holmes stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and an interest in American history as told on the battlefields of the Civil War. Matthews is now researching the sequel, which follows Sherlock Holmes a bit further afield-to Florence, Mecca and Tibet-but readers may contact him at [e-mail]. Those interested in the history behind One Must Tell the Bees will find it at jlawrencematthews.com.

Produktdetails

• Seitenzahl: 564
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. November 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 972g
• ISBN-13: 9781736678343
• ISBN-10: 1736678345
• Artikelnr.: 62759701