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Printing Date: October 05, 2007
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having read mr.davies's excellent "the tangled skien", possibly the best holmes-dracula treatment yet created, i was intrigued some time ago by the possibility of a "holmes in zenda" story, which, as readers may recall, was briefly suggested in a footnote in "the seven per-cent solution" by nicholas meyer. it would seem that anybody who is anybody in both literary or realistic universes will cross paths with sherlock holmes. therein lies the problem: how to make holmes an integral part of another author's creation or historic circumstances while true to the vision of both conan doyle and the "crossed-over author"(pun intended|)? the solution would be to study carefully both the sherlockian cannon and the other author's work. yes, i repeat: do your homework! even authors who wish to tell us that in their version of the universe, in which sherlock holmes tracked dracula to baskerville manor, should learn their doyle and stoker! now, i mention this speciphic case because mr. davies himself has in "the tangled skein" proven himself capable of such careful study, thus earning accolades from the late peter cushing for the book.
not so with the hentzau affair: sir anthony hope's two ruritania books, were written as a homage to alexander dumas, and are not short of intrigues and counter-intrigues to gladden the heart of detectives. i am not surprised to discover in this book direct reference, sadly brief, to "scandal in bohemia" as a case in point. however what we have here is a novel that seemes to touch all too briefly on incidents from both hope and conan doyle, rather than try to impose holmes on existing characters. the plot-drive of both ruritanian novels is such that the insertion of holmes is difficult in itself: the plot has sufficient drive without a detective to make much of a contribution, and i can understand the difficulty of that task, yet the endeavor to recreate the plot of "prisoner of zenda" around holmes, is superficial in this case. i hoped for a story that could either be "sandwiched" between the ruritania novels and the holmes cannon, or, for watson's "true story behind the official version" which would have taken place near the end of "rupert of hentzau" and would have contained enough material for revelations coverable by a detective of holmes skills simply by studying the original hope books, but i'm not telling any more. still, since i've searched long for this book, and know that davies has perfected his craft considerably, it's four points.
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