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The detective Sherlock Holmes investigates The Scandal in Bohemia. In this comic adaptation Sherlock Holmes solves a number of intertwined cases including The Speckled Band. This is the English translation of the original work in Czech, which was voted comic book of the year 2013. It's the first of four Sherlock Holmes graphic novels by Petr Kopl.

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Publié par	Andrews UK
Date de parution	15 décembre 2016
Nombre de lectures	5
EAN13	9781780926810
Langue	English

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Sherlock Holmes
A Scandal in Bohemia
Petr Kopl presents
a comic book adaptation
of short stories by
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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© 2013, 2014 Petrl Kopl.
2014 digital version by Andrews UK Limited
www.andrewsuk.com
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form.
Translation: Paul and Jana Simpson
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.
The right of Petrl Kopl to be identified as the author and illlustrator of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1998.
All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without express prior written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted except with express prior written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright Act 1956 (as amended). Any person who commits any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damage.
Originally published in the UK by MX Publishing
335 Princess Park Manor, Royal Drive,
London, N11 3GX. UK.
www.mxpublishing.co.uk

Preface
Perhaps every man has a femme fatale in his life. Even the famous Sherlock Holmes had one.
Irene Adler, “The Woman” of all women, the femme fatale of Sherlock Holmes. A femme fatale, whose intellect rivalled that of the famous detective.
Hopefully, I will not reveal too much of the plot, when I quote the words of Dr. Watson from the end of the story, entitled A Scandal in Bohemia:
“And that was how a great scandal threatened to affect the Kingdom of Bohemia, and how the best plans of Mr Sherlock Holmes were beaten by a woman’s wit. He used to make merry over the cleverness of women, but I have not heard him do it of late. And when he speaks of Irene Adler, or when he refers to her photograph, it is always under the honourable title of the woman.” (A. C. Doyle: A Scandal in Bohemia)
Irene Adler, along with her photograph on the mantelpiece at 221B Baker Street is rarely mentioned in other Holmes stories. This gives all lovers of the famous detective the opportunity to speculate wildly about a later meeting of the two protagonists. After all, Sherlock Holmes himself gave them a reason with his Great Hiatus - a period when he wandered around the world from the time of his alleged death in the waters of the Reichenbach Falls and his return to London to investigate in The Adventure of the Empty House. Consider that he was “missing” for three years. This female character has been hijacked by researchers in the field of Holmesology, and by many authors, who even today still write about Irene Adler, using her as a major or minor character in their novels.
John Drury Clark, the American scientist and author, even theorised that Sherlock Holmes and Irene Adler had an affair in 1892 in Montenegro (which falls within the period of the Great Hiatus) and that Irene gave birth to a child who grew up to become the well known American private detective, Nero Wolfe. The article was published in 1956 in The Baker Street Journal. This theory was later adopted by the well known Holmesian William S. Baring-Gould and by the author Nicholas Meyer. However, further details of their encounter are unknown. Thus, we can speculate as much as we like.
Although Holmes used to say to Dr. Watson, “the fair sex is your department”, who knows how it was in reality. The author of this comic book suggests that there is another possibility, which would be hard to refute. One thing is certain - Sherlock Holmes and Irene Adler are (at least to us Holmesians) real people, unlike Nero Wolfe!
This is why every January the Czech Society of Sherlock Holmes celebrates the birthday of the famous detective and toasts the Immortals, where in addition to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, we respectfully include his femme fatale, Irene Adler.
The world of Sherlock Holmes did not only include his opponents. First and foremost were his clients who came to see him with their problems, providing food for thought to feed a mind that despised inactivity. Those clients often included women. Helen Stoner also turned to him with a plea for help in The Adventure of the Speckled Band.

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