Only Rizzio was murdered three centuries ago. "The Italian Secretary" is a mystery set within Holyroodhouse, the legendary palace of Mary, Queen of Scots, situated in Edinburgh, Scotland. David Rizzio (/ ˈ r ɪ t s i oʊ /; Italian: ; c. 1533 – 9 March 1566), sometimes written as David Riccio (/ ˈ r ɪ tʃ i oʊ /; Italian: ), was an Italian courtier, born close to Turin, a descendant of an ancient and noble family still living in Piedmont, the Riccio Counts di San Paolo e Solbrito, who rose to become the private secretary of Mary, Queen of Scots. Mycroft has enlisted his brother to help solve the murders that may be key elements of a much more elaborate and pernicious plot on the Queen's life. 1373. The Italian secretary : a further adventure of Sherlock Holmes by Carr, Caleb, 1955-Publication date 2005 Topics Palace of Holyroodhouse (Edinburgh, Scotland), Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character), Watson, John H. (Fictitious character), Private investigators, Criminal psychology Share to Twitter. The game is afoot once more! Share to Pinterest. Read 12 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. And I'm hoping that this novel is successful, because Caleb Carr has long been a favorite author of mine. My only complaint is that the story seemed a little muddled at times and bogged down by a few too many details. 278pp, Little, Brown, £12.99. I was familiar with Caleb Carr's two books The Alienist and The Angel of Darkness, and his very Holmes like character, Dr. Laszlo Kreizler.The difference being Kreizler is a psychiatrist (or alienist as they were called) not a consulting detective. But the circumstances of the two victims' deaths also call to Holmes' mind the terrible murder of "The Italian Secretary," David Rizzio. The Italian Secretary. THE ITALIAN SECRETARY. He welcomes responses to his reviews and can be contacted at pkane@yahoo.co.uk. The Italian secretary : a novel Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Share to Tumblr. About the reviewer: Paul Kane lives and works in Manchester, England. ... private secretary, music instructor, and confidant to Mary, Queen of Scots”—who (Rizzio, that is) was murdered in 1566 by surly Protestants who declared him a papal agent. Views All Time. IMHO, The Italian Secretary is much closer to the original SH stories than a lot of what's been published pastiche-wise lately. With The Italian Secretary Caleb Carr has achieved a triumphant reprise of the original dynamic duo. The Italian Boss's Secretary Mistress book. One morning in September 1900 a telegram summons the consulting detective … Share to Reddit. Share via email. The Italian Secretary was the first taste of the Sherlock Holmes pastiche addiction I happily suffer from today. 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