Many readers will undoubtedly prove more astute than Holmes, who seems unable to get ahead of the game and provides little evidence of his reputedly great intellect.

Our cheap used Embassy Row books come with free shipping in the UK. Amid the muddled intrigue, attacks are made on Holmes and his allies, and a British diplomat is assassinated with a Japanese dagger. Buy the whole collection of books in the Embassy Row series online from World of Books. He is aided by his secretary, Paterson Erskine Guthrie the actor Edmund Sutton, who plays his double and by Philip Tyers, who is housekeeper, cook and nursemaid to them all. Holmes is at the heart of the effort to steer the treaty through these obstacles. A Japanese prince's clandestine affair with a British woman, should it become known, would scuttle the treaty. Many forces oppose the agreement: reactionary British elements and reactionary Japanese factions are against it Chinese, Russian, Austro-Hungarian and German interests all have reason to sabotage the treaty in addition, two sinister international organizations, The Brotherhood and The Golden Lodge, might also wish to thwart it. by Quinn Fawcett 0 Ratings 1 Want to read 0 Currently reading 0 Have read Overview View 2 Editions Details Reviews Lists Related Books Publish Date 1998 Publisher Forge Language English Pages 384 Previews available in: English This edition doesn't have a description yet. Sherlock's older and reputedly wiser brother is in the midst of secret and delicate naval negotiations with the Japanese at the Swiss Embassy in late-19th-century London. An edition of Embassy Row (1998) Embassy Row a Mycroft Holmes novel 1st ed. This first book in the Embassy Row series from Gallagher Girls author Carter has plenty of promise, including clever characters, an underground tunnel system, and Grace's hard-boiled narration ('whatever chance I had for normal disappeared three years ago'). Mycroft Holmes returns for a flat and disappointing second adventure following Against the Brotherhood (1997). An edition of Embassy Row (1998) Embassy Row a Mycroft Holmes novel 1st ed.

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