A Sherlock Holmes Handbook

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Width:  6.25  Inches
Height:  9.25  Inches
Pages:  251
Format:  Hardback
Publication Date:  July 25, 1996
Illustrations:  None
Publisher:  Dundurn Press

Description

Here in one convenient book by a noted Sherlockian scholar is everything needed for the study and enjoyment of the Holmes canon: information on the stories and their publishing history; an assessment of a century of illustrators; a biography of Arthur Conan Doyle and a bibliography of his other writings; commentary on the films and plays about Sherlock Holmes; synopses of the stories and information about their characters; a survey of Victorian life and on the geography and social scene of 1895 London; and information on current Sherlockian organizations. A final section comments on the lasting appeal of Sherlock Holmes and what he means to generations of readers.

Author

Christopher Redmond has been studying and writing about Sherlock Holmes for twenty-five years and was for many years co-editor of Canadian Holmes. He is also the author of In Bed With Sherlock Holmes and Welcome to America, Mr. Sherlock Holmes.

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