Mary Russell's War [electronic resource]
King, Laurie R.2015
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Mary Russell's WarOn the day the Great War began, August 4, 1914, fourteen year-old Mary Russell opened a new diary and wrote the words:I was fourteen when I first heard about the War. Fourteen years and 214 days, with my nose (as usual) in a book as I walked down the stairs. At least, that's how Mother says I shall remember it. And Father agrees, that War will be both long and hard, for all the European countries and the Empire...A hundred years later, Laurie R. King, Miss Russell's literary agent, began to publish the account of this youthful writer in her own blog. (King is credited with having written the Russell memoirs, just as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was credited for being the author of the Sherlock Holmes stories penned by Dr Watson.)Young Miss Russell's weekly entries begin in San Francisco and take her to Boston, London, and Sussex during the early months of War. They serve as a chronicle not only of the European conflict, but of her own catastrophic turmoil. Since the first of Miss Russell's "memoirs" was published in 1994 (The Beekeeper's Apprentice, whose opening the above words echo) readers around the world have come to know, and wonder at, the exploits of this young woman. "Mary Russell's War" offers these readers a unique and personal glimpse into her beginnings, before she met, and had her life transformed by, Mr Sherlock Holmes.
Main title:
Mary Russell's War [electronic resource] / Laurie R. King
Author:
King, Laurie R., Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Laurie R. King, 2015
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Series:
Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes
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Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Laurie R. King is a third generation Californian with a background in theology, whose first crime novel (1993′s A Grave Talent) won the Edgar and Creasey awards. Her yearly novels range from police procedurals and stand-alones to a historical series about Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes (beginning with The Beekeeper's Apprentice.) Her books have won the Edgar, Creasey, Wolfe, Lambda, and Macavity awards, and appear regularly on the New York Times bestseller list.
ISBN:
9781311991317
Language:
English
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2800131
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