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| Title: | His Last Bow - The War Service of Sherlock Holmes | Collection: | His Last Bow |
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| Year published: | 1917 (September) | Year set in: | 1914 |
| Mystery: | None | ||
| Apparent crime: | Espionage | Actual crime: | Shown below (possible spoiler) |
| Summary: | A German spy prepares to receive the final missing papers he needs. | ||
- Introduction
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On the eve of World War I, a German master spy called Von Bork arranges to meet his favourite agent, Altamont, who is to sell him some secret naval signals.
- Actual crime
- Espionage
- Explanation (spoiler alert)
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Altamont is Holmes in disguise who has been called out of retirement to track down the spy.
- Quotations in this story (1)
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Quote "Good old Watson! You are the one fixed point in a changing age. There's an east wind coming all the same, such a wind as never blew on England yet. It will be cold and bitter, Watson, and a good many of us may wither before its blast. But it's God's own wind none the less, and a cleaner, better, stronger land will lie in the sunshine when the storm has cleared."
- Characters in this story (2)
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Surname First name Title Holmes Sherlock Watson John Doctor
- Locations in this story (0)
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Location Town/City County There are no locations defined yet for this story
- Other notes
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This story is written in the third person.
- Keywords
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Bork German Herling Altamont Martha