The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier
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The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier
PLOT SUMMARY: James Dodd retains Holmes to discover why the family of his former war comrade Godfrey Emsworth refuses to let him be seen.
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Holmes at one point refers to the case of "The Abbey School, in which the Duke of Greyminster was so deeply involved". It would seem that Holmes is referring to the case which Watson called "The Priory School" and referred to the Duke in that instance of being of Holderneese. Remember that Holmes is narrating this story and not Watson, and therefore may not be using the same nom de plumes as Watson used to disguise the identities of the parties in that particular case. Phillip Jose Farmer has suggested that the "Duke of Greyminster" is an euphonism for the "Duke of Greystoke" and has thus linked the Holmes tales to the Tarzan tales. Remember that in The Son of Tarzan Edgar Rice Burroughs did indeed flatly state that the character of Sherlock Holmes existed in the Tarzan universe . . .
By Todd Pence on Friday, April 27, 2001 - 10:48 am: Farmer also suggested that Captain Peter Carrey in "The Adventure of Black Peter" was also actually the sailor "Black Michael" who plays such an important role in the origin story of Tarzan.
By kerriem. on Wednesday, May 16, 2001 - 5:45 pm:Lameish lite thriller with a goofy snap ending. As it turns out, Holmes really is 'lost without his Boswell', at least from a literary standpoint!