Publisher's Synopsis
All four stories relating the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson in the County of Hampshire are here presented in one volume.In these stories the great detective and his friend save Her Majesty Queen Victoria from an attack on her person, and thwart the scheme of the evil Lascar, Ravendra, to lay a curse on the Royal Navy. They go on to assist a prominent citizen of Portsmouth, who is in an embarassing situation, provide help to a Justice of the Peace and the Revenue Department in the interdiction of smuggling in the county, and finally are able to end the career of the dastardly Lascar, while assisting a most inventive gentleman with his technological innovations.
