Adventure of the Second Wife

The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes and the Ottoman Sultan

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

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Strange that Abdülhamid II, the last great Ottoman Sultan, would have Sherlock Holmes stories read to him before he went to sleep. Even stranger is that his obsession helped change the course of history.The explanation lies in the mystery of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s dying words, that the one Sherlock adventure still to intrigue him was that of ‘The Second Wife’. For no such story exists… Or does it?The Adventure of the Second Wife is the debut novel of renowned journalist Andrew Finkel – a clever, compelling mystery about a Sherlock Holmes enthusiast who, with the help of a brilliant Turkish professor, tries to solve the enigma of Arthur Conan Doyle’s dying words only to upend his life in the process.

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Utgivningsdatum2024-02-15
Mått159 x 235 x 27 mm
Vikt810 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor276
FörlagCaique Publishing Ltd
ISBN9780995756656

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Andrew Finkel has been a journalist based in Turkey since 1989, and has corresponded for a variety of print and broadcast media including The Daily Telegraph, The Times, The Economist, TIME, The Art Newspaper and CNN. More unusually, he has worked in the Turkish language press both in the newsroom and as a featured columnist; he is food critic and contributing editor for Istanbul’s Cornucopia magazine. His free-lance articles and editorials have appeared in a large number of publications including The Washington Post, The Guardian, the Observer, Foreign Affairs, The Financial Times, Le Monde Diplomatique and in the Latitudes column of the New York Times.He is also a founding member of P24, an Istanbul-based NGO that supports independent journalism. His handbook, Turkey, What Everyone Needs to Know is published by Oxford University Press and a novel, The Adventure of the Second Wife is published by Even Keel.

Part One: THE FIRST WIFEExhibit ‘A’: The Sultan’s GaolerChapter 1: The Arrival of Leyla ArslanChapter 2: The MysteryChapter 3: My Legacy to AnanditaChapter 4: 2WIFChapter 5: I Buy a TicketChapter 6: The HoneymoonersChapter 7: More Toby than MycroftChapter 8: Uncle FredChapter 9: EstağfurullahExhibit ‘B’: ‘The Adventure of the Second Wife’The introduction attributed to A. Conan DoylePart Two: ELLEChapter 10: Grandfather EsadChapter 11: The Mystery of the Centre ForwardChapter 12: The Death of ElleChapter 13: The DamatChapter 14: The Mosque of the Holy MantleChapter 15: The Capricious Bladder of Adile SultanChapter 16: Leyla Pays for Lunch Part Three: CONSTANTINOPLE IN LONDONChapter 17: The Adventure of the Polka-Dotted CummerbundChapter 18: The Theatre of Life Chapter 19: Pumpkin CurryChapter 20: Royal BloodPart Four: ‘The power of complexity and the complexity of power’Chapter 21: The Tale of the Sultan’s Gaoler Chapter 22: The Purloined LetterChapter 23: Our Grandfathers MeetChapter 24: An Early Morning in the Abode of FelicityChapter 25: ‘The Tragedy of Proud Love’Part Five: THE SECOND WIFEChapter 26: The Bushwacking Sentries of Bhurtee Chapter 27: The Deadliest SinChapter 28: The Game Was AfootChapter 29: The Earth MovesPart Six: ‘AND YET I THINK OF YOU’Chapter 30: A GhostChapter 31: The LoreleyChapter 32: The Rescue from the InfernoChapter 33: Aqua TofanaChapter 34: The SmileChapter 35: The Rotten MolarChapter 36: The Bearers of the Sultan’s CommissionChapter 37: An Incident Hard to Reconcile with the Settled Order of NatureChapter 38: A Final DestinationChapter 39: SnakeChapter 40: The (Final) Tale of the Sultan’s Gaoler Acknowledgements