Sherlock Holmes : a scandal in Japan

In 1891, Nicholas Alexandrovich, the Tsarevich of Russia, was travelling in a fragile Meiji-era Japan on an official tour when he was almost assassinated. The Otsu Incident, as this came to be known, led to fear of an international incident , perhaps even a declaration of war from Russia. In steps Sherlock Holmes, on the run from the British police and presumed to be dead. Together with Hirobumi Ito, the first Prime Minister of Japan, the two...