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Victorian Mysteries

The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans

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    Arthur Conan Doyle's The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans is a Victorian mystery novel.

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    About The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans

    "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans" by Arthur Conan Doyle is a short story published in 1908. When Mycroft Holmes arrives through London's thick fog with urgent news, Sherlock faces a matter of national security: secret submarine plans have been stolen, and a young government clerk lies dead beside Underground tracks. With only seven of ten plans recovered and no clear explanation for the victim's final movements, Holmes must unravel how a body appeared on the railway and who possesses the missing documents before Britain's naval secrets fall into enemy hands.
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    Themes, setting & tropes

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    • Holmes, Sherlock
    • Private investigators, England
    • Detective and mystery stories

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    The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans was written by Arthur Conan Doyle.

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    It is usually shelved as Victorian Mysteries.

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