The Undiscovered Archives of Sherlock Holmes by John Lawrence Paperback Book 9781787059559

Although the illustrious career of Sherlock Holmes has been documented in innumerable stories over the decades some accounts have remained classified due to their extremely sensitive nature until now Cases involving major historical figures and topics Winston Churchills request to investigate the emerging Nazi Party the emergency surgery on the British monarch the apparent suicide of a leading suffragist and the strange death of an American president have been locked away sometimes with explicit instructions that they be kept from public view well into the futureampnbspNow these cases are available to readers in the collection The Undiscovered Archives of Sherlock Holmes Each of these seven stories is linked to a major historical figure or event The actual nature of the case had often been misunderstood for a century and more because of the need to respect the privacy of those involved and in some cases to avoid potentially embarrassing disclosures and diplomatic controversiesampnbspThe author of these quothistory mysteriesquot is John Lawrence a University of Californiatrained history PhD who spent nearly 40 years as a top staff person in the US House of Representatives the...