Type of bind: Hardcover
EAN num: 9781843542742
ISBN number: 1843542749
Label: Atlantic Books
Manufacturer: Atlantic Books
Page Count: 240
Printing Date: November 29, 2005
Publishing house: Atlantic Books
Sale Popularity Level: 2986715
Studio: Atlantic Books
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From his mysterious connections to the British criminal underworld to his early acquaintance with Dr Watson, Sherlock Holmes: the biography blends what we already know of Holmes's career with social history to answer the questions his admirers have long puzzled over. Sherlock Holmes: the biography reveals for the very first time Holmes's unprecedented influence on the major political events and crimes of late-nineteenth-century England. It also brings to light Holmes's close friendships with key figures of the day, including Oscar Wilde, Sigmund Freud and Cecil Rhodes; and exposes the truth about his cocaine addiction. As a young man, Holmes was drawn to the stage and ran away from Cambridge to work in the West End with the actor Henry Irving. Later, his older brother Mycroft drew him into unofficial work for the British government - including a hitherto unknown conspiracy to murder the Irish nationalist sympathizer Professor Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls. This meticulous recreation of the secret life and curious times of the great detective will prove compulsive reading for Holmes fans everywhere.
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What may have seemed an interesting idea has turned out to be a dud. There is enough mock scholarship and creative speculation about the original Sherlock Holmes stories without introducing this turkey. This book is biographical fiction and pure invention and does not contribute to genuine research. The attempts to involve Holmes with actual people (Winston Churchill, Oscar Wilde etc) and in real events (Jack the Ripper murders, WWI) are laughable and simply depict the great man as a failure. If you are looking for a biography of Holmes (and Watson) taken from the stories then buy June Thomson's wonderful "Holmes and Watson:A Study in Friendship."
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