شيرلوك هولمز: لفافة الموتى

Sherlock Holmes Adventures #3

by David Stuart Davies, عمر إبراهيم (Translator)

في هذه المغامرة سريعة الوتيرة، يقوم العبقري «شيرلوك هولمز» بحضور جلسة تحضير أرواح، وذلك لكي يفضح أمر دجَّال يدَّعي أنّه وسيط روحاني، وعقب ذلك يظهر عدو جديد لـ«هولمز» يُدعى «سيباستيان ميلموث»، وهو رجل يبذل كل ما في وسعه ليضع يده على برديَّة مصريَّة قديمة غامضة، والتي قد تكون مفتاحًا للخلود الأبدي.

وعلى إثر ذلك سيُترَك الأمر لـ«هولمز» و«واطسون» اللذان يستخدما مهاراتهما الاستنتاجيَّة كي يوقفانه عند حدِّه، ولكن يواجهان في طريقهما كارثة كبرى.

Genres: Mystery, Fiction, Crime, Detective, Historical Fiction, Mystery Thriller, British Literature

208 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 1, 1998

About the author

David Stuart Davies was a British writer. He worked as a teacher of English before becoming a full-time editor, writer, and playwright. Davies wrote extensively about Sherlock Holmes, both fiction and non-fiction. He was the editor of Red Herrings, the monthly in-house publication of the Crime Writers' Association, and a member of The Baker Street Irregulars and the Detection Club.

Reviews

[مي مجدي · Rating 3 out of 5]

عادة لا أميل لأعمال الجريمة، ولكن تعتبر مغامرات شارلوك هولمز الأشهر والأكثر صيتا على مستوي العالم، هذه مغامرة يحاول فيها هولمز فك لغز سرقة لفافة الموتي من المتحف البريطاني من جناح الآثار المصرية، بمعاونة صديقه ومساعده واطسون، قصة مسيلة تنتهي منها في بعض ساعات، ورغم أنها مسلية إلا أن بها درس أخلاقي عن الموت والحياة، وأن الإنسان مهما حاول صراع الموت وإيقاف حدوثه فإنما دائما سيبوء بالفشل، لأنه ببساطة قوة أكبر من احتماله ومقدرته على التغير.

الترجمة جيدة جدا

[Stephen Robert Collins · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Egyptian religion believed that through the power of written word the dead could return. Here we have one such a hidden map stolen that leads to the Scroll of the dead.
This is lot like Pyramids of Mars I half expected Tom Baker & Sarah Jane Smith to pop up or the Tardis to appear
It may to Dr Watson sound insane but museum night watchman's dead body is no laughing matter for Holmes .
In the wrong hands could the scrolls work?
Immortality for an evil mad man .

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is probably Davies’ best Holmes novel. That isn’t really saying very much. However, this had a fairly coherent plot and didn’t resort to magic for the solution, so I consider it a win.

[نورا ناجي · Rating 5 out of 5]

مغامرة مثيرة جدا وغير متوقعة لشخصيتي المفضلة وحبي الدائم شيرلوك هولمز بترجمة رائعة لعمر إبراهيم

[Nour Alaa · Rating 3 out of 5]

القصة كويسة .. مش بقوة كونان دويل بس مش بطالة
ترجمة ممتازة و لغة حلوة أوي من عمر ابراهيم المترجم

[Ramy · Rating 3 out of 5]

انتظر هذه الرواية من فترة ...و بمجرد توافرها على ابجد استعديت لقراءتها
ليتضح ان ابجد قد وفرها فى صورة كتاب صوتي
...
كانت تجربة ظريفة
عادة لست من هواة "الاستماع" للكتب الصوتية ...تسجيلها ربما لكن الاستماع لها لا ....

حاولت من فترة قصيرة الاستماع ل رواية " اعيش مع شبح" على تطبيق أبجد و كانت تجربة مملة وبائسة
ربما لاختياري رواية بطيئة الاحداث فى البداية ...
لكن هذه المرة رواية بوليسية من الادب الشيرلوكي .....
ديفيد ستيورات ديفيد يسير على خطى ارثر كونان دويل لدرجة انك لن تلاحظ الفارق ....
نفس منطقية و برود و عنجهية و ثقة هولمز المطلقة بنفسه و بذكائه
و نفس طيبة و حماسة و خوف الصديق واطسون على صديقه
و نفس تردد و تأخر و غباء الشرطي النظامي ....

الحبكة كانت بسيطة مش معقدة اوي زي روايات ارثر كونان دويل ...و ربما فقط هنا الفارق ...الجوهر ... حبكة الجريمة ...

الرواية عن سرقة بردية ..بردية فيها لغز العودة من الموت ...كتبه كاهن مصري قديم ....
او هكذا يعتقد المتصارعون و المجرمون الساعون وراء البردية ...
...اغبى المجرمين هم من يدعوا شيئا ما لاستدعاء و إقحام هولمز فى القضية ظنا منهم ان هذا التصرف يساعدهم ...ثم لا يلومون الا انفسهم فى النهاية

الكتاب القادم : ميرامار- نجيب محفوظ

[Osman Ahmed · Rating 4 out of 5]

كقلم السيد ديفيز المعتاد، عظيمة.

[Margaret · Rating 4 out of 5]

“The Scroll of the Dead” by David Stuart Davies was first published in 1998, and then republished in 2009 under Titan Books “Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” imprint.

At only 172 pages (208 including excerpts from other books), “The Scroll of the Dead” is quite short, more a novella than a novel, but it is a great read.

I was reluctant to read it at first, as I had read “The Veiled Detective”, another of David Stuart Davies Sherlock Holmes novels, and had not enjoyed it. “The Scroll of the Dead”, however, is totally different to “The Veiled Detective”.

A papyrus scroll is stolen from the British Museum and Scotland Yard asks Holmes for help. Theft, murder and the obligatory damsel in distress all permeate the story making it fast paced and absorbing.

What I really love about “The Scroll of the Dead” is that David Stuart Davies has totally captured the warmth and strength of the friendship between Sherlock Holmes and John Watson.

I was a little sad that the Scotland Yard inspector was not one of the ones from the canon. I do love Lestrade, Gregson, and Jones. I have a particular affection for Athelney Jones, as well as Lestrade.

I do not hesitate to recommend the book to all Sherlockians.

“The Scroll of the Dead” is a worthy addition to the annals of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson.

[Nouran Esmat Elraghy · Rating 5 out of 5]

اسم الكتاب : شيرلوك هولمز…لفافة الموتي
اسم المؤلف :ديفيد ستيوارت ديفيز
اسم المترجم: عمر إبراهيم
عدد الصفحات : ٢٠٦
التقييم :٥/٥
يقوم شيرلوك هولمز بحضور جلسة لتحضير الأرواح وذلك لكي يفضح أمر دجال يدعي انه وسيط روحاني
وعقب ذلك يظهر عدو جديد لشيرلوك يدعي "ملموث" وهو يبذل كل ما في وسعه ليضع يده علي بردية مصر ية قديمة غامضة والتي تكون مفتاح للخلود الأبدي
بصراحة القصة مثيرة جداً وعبقرية في السرد والحكي والإثارة طول الوقت عاوز اعرف إيه اللي هيحصل وهل انت توقعت النتيجة دي ولا لأ؟
وطبعاً مش هتكلم عن الترجمة لأن الترجمة أكثر من روعة
ودي مش اول مرة اقرأ ترجمة عمر إبراهيم
أنا أصلا اشتريتها عشان انا بحب الجريمة والإثارة والغموض والتشويق
وعشان ترجمة : عمر إبراهيم
اللي خلاص بقي اي حاجه عليها اسمه بشتريها حتي لو مش عارفه المؤلف ميين اساسا بشتري ترجمته وانا متطمنة جداً😊
لأني كمان متبعاه من اول الهامس في الظلمات لافكرفت
كانت اول حاجه اقراها ترجمته
كنت اه متخوفه في الاول وخايفة من الترجمه بس لما قريتها فعلا لقيت الترجمه رائعه واستمتعت جداً بالهامس في الظلمات
وكمان بعد تجربة شيرلوك حاسة بفرق كبير جداً جداً جداً وتطور ملحوظ
وحاسة ان كل كتاب احلي من اللي قبله بجد
الهامس في الظلمات جميلة
والجليد والنار أحلي
وشيرلوك هولمز أحلي
واللي جاي إن شاء الله هيكون أحلي وأحلي

[Thom · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is one of fifty put out by Titan books in an extended line of Sherlock Holmes adventures by different authors. It contains a mystery within a mystery, and the pace is quite good. Davies has written five of the fifty books, and I plan to read more.

Holmes and Watson work very well together here, much like the later canon. This story has a twist; a solution half way through that turns out to be only half a solution. From this point forward, there are paragraph long asides from an omniscient perspective. This was a little jarring - most writers use Watson's perspective, as Doyle did. In this story, it worked, perhaps better than having those appear in the final summing up. 3½ stars.

[Monica Willyard Moen · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book did not feel comfortable to read. It felt like when you wear shoes that don’t fit properly so that they rub a blister on your ankle over time. It didn’t feel like the flow and pacing of most Sherlock Holmes novels. I found the brief switching of viewpoints showing the villains jarring, and the foreshadowing felt very obvious or contrived. I can tell that this author has the ability to write and create moods and characters very well. It is the plotting that felt somehow off to me. This just didn’t feel right this time, or maybe in this particular series or genre. I might like this authors work better if he writes within his own universe and with his own characters.

[Bailey Marissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's mostly in character, but there are moments that Watson takes over as narrator when there's something happening away from where he is and it's a little weird.

The plot is interesting, but I did find that Holmes, when sharing about what he plans to do, is more talkative than what ACD had Holmes be.

Overall, not a bad pastiche and is fun to read.

Recommended 11/12+ for murder.

[Theater Mistress · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wasn't what I expected. No Egypt. I didn't quite expect a seriously denied love story. Holmes whispering in Watson's ear on several occasions, if I wanted that I would write it myself.

I would recommend it because at heart it was a good story, it was just the details I could do without.
It was fast paced and full of action but it won't be going into my collection.

[Ingy · Rating 5 out of 5]

اختيار القصة للترجمة موفق جدا
اسلوب الترجمة سلس وواضح المجهود المبذول فيه لأنه بيخلينى كقارىء اركز مع القصة مش مع محاولة فهم المترجم عايز يقول ايه أو ايه معنى الكلمة المستخدمة.
للمترجم ترجمة سابقة لشعر و رعب بالاضافة للكتاب الحالى و التلاتة مختلفين فى أسلوب الترجمة بما يناسب كل نوع.
المترجم لا يكتفى بالترجمة و لكن بيتقمص روح الكاتب و كأنه بيعيد تأليف الكتاب بالعربى مش بيترجمه.

[Roaa · Rating 5 out of 5]

مساء الخير
لسة مخلصة قراءة دلوقتى .. حرفيًا عبارة عن ٢٠٦ صفحة من الحماس والإبداع ... مفيهاش اى ذرة ملل وربطتنى لدرجة سيبت المذاكرة كلها وخلصتها ف نفس اليوم ... بهنيك حقيقي ع ترجمتك الناجحة ليها وعقبال ترجمات وإصدارات تانية كتير تمتع بيها قراء اكتر 🥰💖

[WhatShouldIRead · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another enjoyable Holmes and Watson adventure from this author. I like how he takes the duo out of London and the descriptions of each area they visit to solve the case. The camaraderie between the two is much like the original stories and I appreciate that as well.

On to the next adventure!

[Ahmed Lamloom · Rating 5 out of 5]

بقيت متشوق اقرا رواية من تأليفك يا مبدع

[h_m_k_ 5 9 · Rating 5 out of 5]

ششييررلووكك💗

[Anurag Majumdar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quite entertaining. This pages went flying as quickly as Holmes deductive abilities. Definitely one of the better pastiches.

[LuAnn · Rating 4 out of 5]

A well-constructed pastiche that captures well the tone, pacing, setting and characters of the Canon. I highly enjoyed it and found the plot well-constructed and the characters unique.

Watson is a bit more reluctant than "usual," there's a few passages of odd third person narration of another character's actions, and I found at least one anachronism (gobbledegook was not seen in print until 1944 and I don't know that museum guards would drink tea in mugs). But I can excuse these for the general high quality.

[Catherine Conley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Overall, not a bad book. Davies keeps much of the right tone of a Sherlock Holmes story with Sherlock's infuriating tendency to keep things to himself and a sufficiently convoluted plot full of the arcane. However, Davies's Holmes is caught off guard more than Doyle's and a bit too reflective at the end.

[Nicole West Moore · Rating 5 out of 5]

My first every Sherlock Holmes book read.
I feel a celebration coming on.
I'm so happy the first one I decided to pick up
dealt with Ancient Egypt. I'm an Egyptologist at heart!

[Richard Rogers · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a pretty straight-forward Sherlock Holmes novel (in the "Further Adventures of..." series), and if you're like me, that's just about what you want. Not a classic, I suppose, but plenty of fun to read for a Sherlock Holmes fan.

Plot: various people are looking for an ancient Egyptian document that supposedly has the key to eternal life, and they are willing to kill to obtain it. Also, a famous archaeologist (the type who knows about ancient Egypt and its documents) has gone missing, and he is assumed to be kidnapped.

It works. Sherlock, doing his thing. Watson working with him. Guns. Secret ceremonies. Train travel. Strange people living in isolated homes full of secrets. It's all the good stuff.

Another key: in addition to crafting a good mystery, David Stuart Davies is excellent at writing in the tone and style of the original stories. If Sherlock Holmes is a comfort read for you the way he is for me, this should be just the thing. Recommended.

[Bryan Whitehead · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the first book I’ve read in Titan’s new “The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” series. Not bad. Holmes and Watson take on Sebastian Melmoth (a character clearly based on Oscar Wilde) in pursuit of a pilfered papyrus of instructions for raising the dead. Author David Stuart Davies has a good sense of how Holmes stories should be put together, not to mention a highly readable writing style. I’m grateful to TCM for running the Basil-Rathbone-as-Holmes marathon that got me in the mood and to the mystery bookstore on Johnson Drive for stocking the set (hurrah for independent booksellers).

[urtheonlyonewhocanseeme · Rating 2 out of 5]

Feels more like a study on "how would a 19th century man react to so and so" than an actual book. At the same time, has a fierce feminist whooping Holmes's ass.

Their reactions to ancient religions and beliefs contrasting with their reactions to desecrated bodies feel very... Contrived?

It might be that the typical 19th century man was hypocritical enough to scoff at the idea of life after death, and at the same time believe in heaven, and at the same time almost faint at the thought of desecrated bodies. But I thought that rationality driven Sherlock Holmes was not the typical 19th century man?

Kudos for trying and all that, but it did not work.

[Chris Wood · Rating 4 out of 5]

Brilliant, really enjoyed this one. The story is enjoyable and is convoluted enough to keep you entertained, the bad guy/s are obvious from the start but I think this is intentional. Holmes and Watson are written very well in this, the atmosphere of the time is very accurate and it is easy to drift away while reading. If however, you are expecting an Egyptian jaunt with Holmes and Watson around some dusty Pharaoh tombs, this isn't for you because they don't. Recommended, this is a great addition to the further adventures.

[Kieran McAndrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

Unmasking a charlatan at a séance is child's play for Sherlock Holmes, but when he is later contacted by one of the attendees to further search for evidence of paranormal activity, he declines the case.

A year later, a murder at the British Museum and the theft of a valuable Egyptian artefact puts Holmes and Watson on the path of a murderer intent on raising the dead.

Davies' novel is well written in the style of Doyle, but the narrative fails in its attempt to confound readers and doesn't quite convince readers of the genius of Sherlock Holmes.

[Artem · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Scroll of the Dead postulates the mystery of a robbery in a museum of an ancient scroll that promises life after death. Holmes is brought in to try and decipher who stole the artifact and attempt to return it safely to the museum. This pastiche was pretty interesting compared to some of the others. It didn't necessarily tell a classic Holmes story but was interesting, engaging and exciting to read. David Stuart Davies successfully engages the reader on an adventure to track down the missing scroll and all those responsible for it's disappearance. 4 stars.

[Gilbert G. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Have you ever wished you could live for ever? Well there are Egyptologist think it has the answer even drawing Doctor Watson and the super sleuth Sherlock Holmes into an escapade that involves murder and a lost papyrus document that is thousands of years old that may or may not answer the question of living eternally!
A good read! Enjoy fellow readers👍👍

[أحمد سعيد سالم · Rating 3 out of 5]

قصة مشوقة تنتمي إلى أدب المغامرات، الوصف والتفاصيل أعطى أهمية وقيمة اضافية للعمل، فقد تطرقت الرواية إلى علم المصريات ومصر القديمة والسحر عند الفراعنة إلى جانب اللغز البوليسي المعتاد في سلسلة هولمز، يعاب على القصة الدور الهامشي للدكتور واتسون وكانه غير موجود فلم أجد لحضوره طيلة الأحداث داع إلا في المشهد الأخير حين استطاع انقاذ هولمز غير ذلك كان يقوم بدور الراوي المندهش دائماً