Its 1906. Far from England, the Ottoman Empire ruled by the despotic Sultan AbdulHamid 11 is on the verge of imploding. Rival Great Powers, especially Kaiser Wilhelms Germany, sit watching like crows on a fence, ready to rush in to carve up the vast territories, menacing Englands vital overland routes to her Indian possessions. At his medical practice in Londons Marylebone Watson receives a mystifying telegram. Its 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 Europes most famous investigating detective or anyone else? For old times sake Watson joins his old comradeinarms. 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.

Binding: Paperback;230 pages; Publisher: MX Publishing; Classification: FF; Weight: 428 g; Dimensions: 142 x 216 x 17

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