While on a business trip to England, Ben Franklin decides to attend a new play at London's famous Drury Lane Theatre. During the performance, a heckler tumbles to his death, and Ben is drawn behind the footlights into a whirl of backstage intrigue complete with rakes, harlots, and jealous actors. Martin's.
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Benjamin Franklin and a Case of Christmas Murder
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In the second case recorded by Benjamin Franklin's young charge and assistant Nick Handy, the great Doctor Franklin is confronted with a shocking event. While attending a mummers' play at the home of a popular merchant Roddy Fairbrass on Christmas Eve 1757, their host suddenly collapses and dies. Although the bereaved family denies it, Franklin is convinced that he has witnessed a murder. Franklin had been to the Fairbrass home one time before to investigate the report of a ghost and now believes that there must be some sinister connection between the two events. Determined to uncover the truth, the intrepid inventor and statesman, accompanied by Nick, unravels a tangled plot of intrigue and scandal while matching wits with some of London's most notorious criminal minds.
Vynalézavě zkonstruovaný román autora dobře poučeného o pravidlech holmesovské legendy, jemuž ovšem právě proto nic není svaté. A tak se opět ocitáme v rušném zamlženém viktoriánském Londýně, v labyrintu podvodů a klamu, kde se znovu utkávají zmrtvýchvstalí Holmes a jeho úhlavní nepřítel ďábelský profesor Moriarty v dalším děsivém boji mezi dobrem a zlem. Svižně a zábavně napsaný příběh. Ironické dílko skutečné literární lásky.