The Naval Treaty: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery
Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Narrated by Edward Raleigh
3.5/5
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About this audiobook
Percy “Tadpole” Phelps, an old school friend of Watson, finds himself in a desperate situation. His career at the Foreign Office has been jeopardized by the disappearance of a secret treaty that was placed in his trust.
Sherlock Holmes comes to the rescue of the disgraced diplomat.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) descendía de una noble familia irlandesa y cursó estudios de Medicina. Sin embargo, nunca ejerció, pues apenas dos años después de licenciarse en 1885 dio a luz el primero de sus relatos de suspense, Estudio en escarlata (1887). Su éxito fue tan grande e inmediato, que nuestro autor ya no dejaría de escribir. El personaje creado por él, su detective Sherlock Holmes, se hizo famosísimo y protagonizó nada menos que sesenta títulos. Entre los más conocidos se encuentran El perro de los Baskerville, El valle del terror o los relatos incluidos en su libro Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes, publicado en Gribaudo. También cultivó la ciencia ficción, la novela histórica y otros géneros. En 1900 dio a luz su libro más extenso, La guerra de los bóers, y se pronunció en favor de la contienda británica en África. Según su opinión fue esto sobre todo lo que favoreció su nombramiento como caballero de la Orden del Imperio dos años después. Había alcanzado un lugar de prestigio, con apenas cuarenta años. Poco después (1906) murió su esposa Louise Hawkins y se casó con la médium Jean Elizabeth Leckie. Este vínculo con las ciencias ocultas se acrecentó tras la desaparición de su hijo Kingsley en la Primera Guerra Mundial. Del vínculo directo con el espiritismo nació su Historia del espiritismo (1926) así como numerosas polémicas, por ejemplo, contra su amigo Harry Houdini. Fue asimismo aficionado al fútbol, al críquet y al golf, entre otras pasiones. Murió de un ataque al corazón en la ciudad de Crowborough, en donde había residido durante veintitrés años.
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Reviews for The Naval Treaty
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5An old schoolfriend of Watson’s turns to Sherlock Holmes to clear his name after the disappearance of important papers in his custody. Percy Phelps was copying the treaty in his office after hours. He left his office for a few minutes to find the commissionaire, and when he returned, the treaty was missing. When all the other suspects were cleared, suspicion fell on Phelps, and he collapsed under the mental strain. His fiancée has been caring for him in the home she shares with her brother. Naturally, Holmes succeeds where others have failed, discovering the location of the missing treaty and thus restoring his client’s honor.I enjoyed the mix of national security and domestic elements in this story, and I like it better than Doyle’s later and similar story, “The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans.” The circumstances surrounding the missing treaty seem to be an unsolvable puzzle, yet it barely challenged Holmes’s powers of deduction. His explanation is so logical that it’s a wonder the solution wasn’t obvious to everyone!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The scene with the rose really took me by surprise. People do change during the course of their lives