Adv of Sherlock Holmes IV 3D (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes) (Vol 4)
Grade 9 Up-This volume in the producer's continuing series includes  four detective stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The British  reader, David Timson, is easy to understand and paces his  delivery nicely, varying his tone slightly to distinguish among  characters. "A Case of Identity," "The Adventure of the Crooked  Man," "The Naval Treaty," and "The Greek Interpreter" are all  tales in which the appearances of those with whom Holmes must  deal, in order to assist his various clients with their  problems, are most deceiving. In the first story, a young woman  comes to the detective heartbroken at the disappearance of her  fianc? en route to their wedding. The background Doyle used to  create the second story is historically correct, borrowing from  the event of a real mutiny that occurred in India while Britain  ruled there. Diplomacy takes center stage in the third tale, in  which an important government document is missing. The last  story includes he character of Holmes' brother, who is perhaps  even brighter than the great detective, but not as worldly nor  as sensitive. The political nature of much of the content  here women's rights, colonialism, diplomacy, and international  intrigue makes this a good collection to suggest to students who  are developing a sense of history as a guide to both the present  and the future in the affairs of society and state.Francisca  Goldsmith, Berkeley Public Library, CACopyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.