Isadora Klein
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Fictional character.
In the Sherlock Holmes stories
- Isadora Klein was a wealthy, celebrated widow who orchestrated intimidation and burglary to recover and destroy Douglas Maberley's scandalous manuscript about their affair (3GAB 397).
- She was pure Spanish, the real blood of the masterful conquistadores, and her people have been leaders in Pernambuco for generations (3GAB 407).
- She married the aged German sugar king, Klein, and found herself the richest as well as the most lovely widow upon earth (3GAB 408).
- She had several lovers, and Douglas Maberley, one of the most striking men in London, was one of them (3GAB 410).
- Douglas Maberley wanted marriage, but she drove him off with hired men (3GAB 499).
- Douglas Maberley wrote a revenge book/manuscript exposing her under disguises (3GAB 512).
