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Original Title:	O Jerusalem
ISBN:	0553581058 (ISBN13: 9780553581058)
Edition Language:	English URL http://www.laurierking.com/?page_id=1211
Series:	Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #5
Characters:	Mary Russell, Ali Hazr, Mahmoud Hazr, Sherlock Holmes
Setting:	Israel Jerusalem(Israel)

O Jerusalem (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #5) Paperback | Pages: 425 pages

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Title	:	O Jerusalem (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #5)
Author	:	Laurie R. King
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 425 pages
Published	:	June 28th 2000 by Bantam Books (first published 1999)
Categories	:	Mystery. Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Historical Mystery

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With her bestselling mystery series featuring Sherlock Holmes and Mary Russell, Laurie R. King has created "lively adventure in the very best of intellectual company," according to The New York Times Book Review. Now the author of The Beekeeper's Apprentice and The Moor--the first writer since Patricia Cornwell to win both the American Edgar and British Creasey Awards for a debut novel (A Grave Talent)--unfolds a hitherto unknown chapter in the history of Russell's apprenticeship to the great detective.

At the close of the year 1918, forced to flee England's green and pleasant land, Russell and Holmes enter British-occupied Palestine under the auspices of Holmes' enigmatic brother, Mycroft.

"Gentlemen, we are at your service." Thus Holmes greets the two travel-grimed Arab figures who receive them in the orange groves fringing the Holy Land. Whatever role could the volatile Ali and the taciturn Mahmoud play in Mycroft's design for this land the British so recently wrested from the Turks? After passing a series of tests, Holmes and Russell learn their guides are engaged in a mission for His Majesty's Government, and disguise themselves as Bedouins--Russell as the beardless youth "Amir"--to join them in a stealthy reconnaissance through the dusty countryside.

A recent rash of murders seems unrelated to the growing tensions between Jew, Moslem, and Christian, yet Holmes is adamant that he must reconstruct the most recent one in the desert gully where it occurred. His singular findings will lead him and Russell through labyrinthine bazaars, verminous inns, cliff-hung monasteries--and into mortal danger. When her mentor's inquiries jeopardize his life, Russell fearlessly wields a pistol and even assays the arts of seduction to save him. Bruised and bloodied, the pair ascend to the jewellike city of Jerusalem, where they will at last meet their adversary, whose lust for savagery and power could reduce the city's most ancient and sacred place to rubble and ignite this tinderbox of a land....

Classically Holmesian yet enchantingly fresh, sinuously plotted, with colorful characters and a dazzling historic ambience, O Jerusalem sweeps readers ever onward in the thrill of the chase.


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Excellent. Once again Laurie King creates the sense of "being there". In this case, "there" is Palestine in 1919. Not only does she seem to get the history right, but also the geography, the sociology and the feel and smell of the Middle east.Another good tale, well told.

This is the fifth book. In the Sherlock Holmes-Mary Russel series, although it takes place in an earlier time period than the last one--1918. Sherlock and Mary are forced to flee England and choose British-occupied Palestine as their escape. Their trip coincides with a series of unsolved murders which exacerbates tensions between the Jewish, Muslim, and Christian populations in the city. Unlike the previous four books in this series, there was very little detective work or character development

"He was as dirty and ill-clothed as any London street-arab..." There's the quote that lost this book its stars. I was mostly enjoying the story, though cringing at the constant implications that living like the Bedouin necessitates one being filthy and smelly. But the use of the pejorative "street-arab" broke the camel's back. Granted, it was said by a character of the early 20th century - our heroine, Mary Russell, in fact - but the author's introduction failed to apologize for such an

Although this book in Laurie Kings Mary Russell series is the fifth one published, it is actually the second chronologically. During The Beekeepers Apprentice Holmes and Russell retreat to Palestine to distance themselves from the antagonist and to have time to plan how the villain will be caught. Since Mary Russell alludes to the fact that their adventures in Palestine was instrumental in Holmes now considering Russell as a partner rather than an apprentice, I decided that I would read this

Man. I reaaaaly had to slog through this one. I mean, REALLY. I think the last 25 pages or so I just barely skimmed, just enough to get the point so that I wouldn't feel like I'd totally wasted my time. This was definitely my least favorite of the Russell/Holmes series so far. Clearly sort of an excuse for King to get all her religious knowledge across and cram everything about the Middle East into as many pages as possible. It ended up being sort of painful to get through. I would actually

This is an excellent addition to the series! Chronologically it takes place during the end of book one. I read it after book two, and I'm glad I went back to it. This story is more a typical mystery/adventure than the previous books, being a very linear tale of their time in Palestine tracking down a possible spy. There were no long digressions about theology, women's rights, or any of the other things the previous books had. Just solid story. (I liked the digressions, but I liked this, too.)

Out of all of the books on this series so far, this one was harder for me to follow.