CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON /
Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930.
CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON / SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE ; adapted by Stephanie Baudet ; illustrated by Arianna Bellucci. - 2020 edition. - 110 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. - Sherlock Holmes children's collection . - Sherlock Holmes children's collection .
"Includes free audiobook! QR code inside."--Cover.
The story's title character is a blackmailer who specializes in threatening to destroy the reputations of aristocratic women. Milverton obtains some letters written by Lady Eva Bracklewell. If the contents of the letters were made public, Lady Eva's marriage to the Earl of Dovercourt would have to be cancelled. Lady Eva hires Sherlock Holmes to help her. Holmes tries unsuccessfully to persuade Milverton not to blackmail Lady Eva or to at least accept less money from her. He then tries and fails to take the letters from Milverton by force. Believing that he has no other option, Holmes decides to break into Milverton's house and steal the letters. The character of Charles Augustus Milverton is based on the genuine historical figure Charles Augustus Howell, an art dealer and alleged blackmailer who died in mysterious circumstances in 1890.
7-10 years old.
9781782264248 RM 42.60
Holmes, Sherlock--Juvenile fiction.
Watson, John H. (Fictitious character) --Juvenile fiction.
Extortion--Juvenile fiction
Women--Crimes against--Juvenile fiction.
Secrecy --Juvenile fiction.
Villains--Juvenile fiction.
Detective and mystery stories
Children's stories
823.92
CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON / SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE ; adapted by Stephanie Baudet ; illustrated by Arianna Bellucci. - 2020 edition. - 110 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. - Sherlock Holmes children's collection . - Sherlock Holmes children's collection .
"Includes free audiobook! QR code inside."--Cover.
The story's title character is a blackmailer who specializes in threatening to destroy the reputations of aristocratic women. Milverton obtains some letters written by Lady Eva Bracklewell. If the contents of the letters were made public, Lady Eva's marriage to the Earl of Dovercourt would have to be cancelled. Lady Eva hires Sherlock Holmes to help her. Holmes tries unsuccessfully to persuade Milverton not to blackmail Lady Eva or to at least accept less money from her. He then tries and fails to take the letters from Milverton by force. Believing that he has no other option, Holmes decides to break into Milverton's house and steal the letters. The character of Charles Augustus Milverton is based on the genuine historical figure Charles Augustus Howell, an art dealer and alleged blackmailer who died in mysterious circumstances in 1890.
7-10 years old.
9781782264248 RM 42.60
Holmes, Sherlock--Juvenile fiction.
Watson, John H. (Fictitious character) --Juvenile fiction.
Extortion--Juvenile fiction
Women--Crimes against--Juvenile fiction.
Secrecy --Juvenile fiction.
Villains--Juvenile fiction.
Detective and mystery stories
Children's stories
823.92