Practical Handbook of Bee Culture
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| Rating | : | 4.55 (518 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1787051234 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 274 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-07 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
In 1912 he came out of retirement and left East Dean in order to outwit the German spy network in Britain on the eve of World War I.The journal is, of course, principally the record of his bee-keeping activities, but Holmes has also included a wealth of astonishing information – some of it highly indiscreet – about the following:- his marriage to Mrs Hudson- their social life in Sussex- his meetings with Lenin, Pablo Picasso, Edward VII, Rudyard Kipling, George Bernard Shaw and Sigmund Freud, among other distinguished figures- two investigations that he carried out, even though officially retired- two attempts that were made on his life- his involvement in the Jack the Ripper murders, the Dr Crippen affair, the theft of the Mona Lisa, and the Siege of Sidney Street- his correspondence with some of the famous scientists of the day- his active support of the Suffragette movement- the regular updating of his casebooks of famous criminals of the nineteenth century- a number of photographs, some taken by him and four actu