Sherlock Holmes & the Sacred Sword

by Frank Thomas

BENEATH THE DEADLY BLADE

A dying man arrives at 221B Baker Street. An eccentric burglar scandalizes Sussex. The legendary sword of the prophet Mohammed surfaces, then disappears...

This bizarre sequence of events propels Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson to the back canals of Venice, the shadowy world of Berlin, the lurid alleys of Cairo, and the Valley of the Kings -- in search of the sacred silver sword and the false prophet who may trigger a holy war in the Middle East, unless the dauntless Holmes can bring the scoundrel to ground and halt his fiendish scheme!

Genres: Mystery

256 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1980

About the author

Franklin M. "Frank" Thomas was an American animator.

Frank Thomas attended Stanford University, where he worked on the campus humor magazine The Stanford Chaparral with Ollie Johnston.

After graduating from Stanford, he attended Chouinard Art Institute.

Frank Thomas joined The Walt Disney Company on September 24, 1934 as employee number 224. There he animated dozens of feature films and shorts.

Along with Ollie Johnston from his college days, the two would eventually become known as members of Walt Disney's team of animators known as the Nine Old Men .

Reviews

[Emma · Rating 2 out of 5]

I ADORE all of the Sherlock Holmes adaptions so I was determined to love it in written form, but I was sadly dissapointed by this book. I have only just realised that this story is not by Sir. Arthur Conan Doyle, but I think if I hadn't been given a copy of The Complete works of Sherlock Holmes I would have been very hesitant to read any more of his works. This story is SO in credibly different to the voice of Sir. Arthur Conan Doyle, this story is quite dull and slow while the real stories are so mysterious, intelligent and they unfold the story in a beautiful manner.

[Jack · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fan fiction of Sherlock Holmes.

It does not have the air of a mystery to this book. It has a much more action adventure vibe to it. If your into that go for it.

The weirdest part of this book was that Watson was competent and often the hero of the story.

[Lana · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rather a rollicking adventure for 'Sherlock Holmes', but enjoyable

[Gus Scholtz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fair account of an action adventure novel. Not a lot of a mystery book. Also I felt at parts very over descriptive in many of the details. Characters are introduced and have no real meaning in the story.

[Bobby H · Rating 3 out of 5]

Meh. 3 1/2 stars.

[Jim Benton · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good read, wherein one discovers that Watson is a cousin to Harry Flashman

[themadblonde · Rating 5 out of 5]

*stolen from Amazon because there is no book description here*

The story begins quickly when a dreadfully wounded man is brought to the door of 221B with the words "They found it" on his dying lips. The cryptic message turnes out not to be for Sherlock Holmes but his brother Mycroft. Political intrigue ensues and leads Holmes and Watson across three continents and involves two major religions. The sacred sword of the title is Mohammad's battle sword whose possession threatens to trigger a jihad.

[Ronald · Rating 5 out of 5]

read some time in 1981