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The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans - Definition and Overview |
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The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of eight stories in the cycle collected as His Last Bow.
Synopsis
In the story Sherlock's brother Mycroft brings an interesting mystery to the great detective's attention. State secrets have been stolen and some of them are later found on the corpse of a clerk lying on the London Underground tracks near Aldgate station.
Trivia
This Sherlock Holmes story is one of two that features Holmes's brother Mycroft, the other being "The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter". In the story, the London Underground plays a prominent part.
External links
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The Adventure of the Bruce-Pardington Plans
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