The Physician’s Quest

The Physician’s Quest is the twelfth in a series of Queen of Gondal books and is a quasi-historical AU of the BBC Sherlock series set (more or less) in three fantasy kingdoms devised by the Bronte children. You might like to refer to their suggested reading order, family trees & series information.

Sherlock, Crown Prince of Gaaldine, is a marked man. His brother has proclaimed him an outlaw and decreed that those who knowingly assist him will share his fate. But, five years ago, under the guise of the consumptive Mr Verney, Sherlock rescued the life-savings of one Martha Hudson, widow, in the town of Sancta Maria inter Prata. Martha Hudson always repays her debts. Even when that involves facing up to Lord Moran, the most ruthless assassin in the three kingdoms.

A dedication to Kalypso, on her birthday.

Warnings: The author chooses not to warn.

Advisory: The time period is the late seventeenth century and readers should bear in mind that this saga contains the doings of a set of supremely dysfunctional more-or-less European Royal families steeped in the “divine right of kings” ideology of monarchy, filtered through an early nineteenth century Romantic/Gothick sensibility and then depicted using the freedom of expression afforded by the early twenty-first century internet.

Furthermore, if the Greek myths contemplated it, some member of the Royal houses of Gondal, Angria or Gaaldine has probably put it into practice somewhere.

Gentle reader, consider yourself advised accordingly.

Acknowledgements:
As ever, thanks to caulkhead for betaing.

The original central cover image is based upon a photograph of the oil painting [‘Flusslandschaft mit einem Dorf und Wanderern’]( “Visit this website”) by Jan Pieter van Bredael (1683–1735). The fonts used in this book are from the Source Serif Pro font family by Frank Grießhammer.

The images and fonts were used under license detailed on their respective website pages at the date of this book publication.

As usual, Russ from shoes for industry designed the book cover, produced the books and compiled the on-line work.

The opinions, prejudices, faults and spelling herein are all my own work, and I apologise in advance for them.

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This novella is rated Teen (15). You might also like to consider other books set in the Sherlock fandom or read more books in the Queen of Gondal series.

- First Edition: 27th Jan 2013
- 2nd Edition: 28th Feb 2013
- 3rd Edition: 12th Apr 2021

This work is created as a transformative work on a not-for-profit basis. All rights in the underlying properties are those of their respective holders.