# Von Bork — His Last Bow character guide

> Von Bork in His Last Bow by Arthur Conan Doyle.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Mister Von Bork, Mr. Von Bork

**First appearance:** 0010-his-last-bow

## Snapshot

A German spy posing as a hard-drinking country squire, Von Bork keeps a brassbound safe of stolen secrets and waits for the one courier who can complete his masterpiece.

## Who they are

Von Bork is the embassy's man in England, a bald, cigar-puffing collector of pigeonholed intelligence on forts, harbours, and naval signals, and he measures his four years of work by the gem still missing from his safe. He is proud, patient, and a little vain, grumbling about paying Altamont blood money while grudging him nothing because the Irish-American delivers. His looming coup and his taste for Tokay give the story its countdown, and his confidence in a traitor sets up the reversal that defines the book's final movement.

## Relationships

### [Sherlock Holmes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_last_bow_se/characters/sherlock_holmes)

_rivalry_

Holmes is the antagonist and captor of Von Bork, a German spy, in a high-stakes espionage confrontation.

### [Sherlock Holmes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_last_bow_se/characters/sherlock_holmes)

_rivalry_

Holmes is the antagonist and captor of Von Bork, a German spy, in a high-stakes espionage confrontation.

### [Sherlock Holmes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_last_bow_se/characters/sherlock_holmes)

_rivalry_

Holmes is the antagonist and captor of Von Bork, a German spy, in a high-stakes espionage confrontation.

## In the story

### [His Last Bow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_last_bow_se/chapters/his-last-bow)

A German spy preparing for war, who is deceived by Holmes and ultimately captured.

### [His Last Bow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_last_bow_se/chapters/his-last-bow)

A German spy living in England under the guise of a sportsman; he is captured and bound by Holmes.

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