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OverviewEver since Arthur Conan Doyle created the pipe-smoking, deer-stalkered character, Sherlock Holmes, he has become a part of popular culture for generations, and here every aspect of the legendary detective is investigated. Brief, accessible and entertaining pieces on a wide variety of subjects makes it the perfect book to dip in to. The amazing and extraordinary facts series presents interesting, surprising and little-known facts and stories about a wide-range of topics which are guaranteed to inform, absorb and entertain in equal measure. AUTHOR: Nicholas Utechin is an Honorary member of The Sherlock Holmes Society of London and edited its journal from 1976-2006. He is also a member of the American Baker Street Irregulars society and is distantly related to the great film portrayer of Holmes, Basil Rathbone. Nick is a freelance journalist and broadcaster and was a senior producer on BBC Radio 4, working on such programmes as Today, Any Questions?, Call Nick Ross, All In The Mind and Feedback. He lives in Oxford. 50 b/w illustrations Full Product DetailsAuthor: Nick UtechinPublisher: Rydon Publishing Imprint: Rydon Publishing Edition: Revised edition ISBN: 9781910821244ISBN 10: 1910821241 Pages: 144 Publication Date: 11 April 2019 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction The Doyle Family - Background of the author Literary beginnings - Conan Doyle at school Dr Joseph Bell - Mentor and model for Holmes The doctor who wanted to write - Conan Doyle sets up practice in Southsea Who came before? - Other literary detectives A Study in Scarlet - How Sherlock Holmes was born A slow birth process - Beeton's Christmas Annual 1887 Holmes described - Appearance, character and background Watson described - Appearance, character and background Holmes' Baker Street - Numbers and complications So many choices - The search for 221B The Sign of (the) Four - The story of the follow-up novel Evocative of its time - Conan Doyle's London The Strand Magazine - Reading for the masses Sidney Paget - The first great Holmes illustrator The human side - Re-introduction of Holmes Central attraction - Why Holmes still works today Deduction - It's a science Mycroft Holmes - Sherlock's big brother Mrs Hudson - The long-suffering landlady Scotland Yarders - Lestrade and all the rest Professor Moriarty - The Napoleon of Crime Women and Holmes - What he really thought of them Holmes' literary tastes - What he reads and what he recommends Holmes' musical tastes - The detective takes time to relax A rare actor - Sherlock Holmes in disguise Town versus country - Holmes, the city-dweller Expert monographs - Holmes, the writer Great quotations - Holmes, the brilliant conversationalist The early plots - Short story breakdown, Part 1 Holmes is critical - Watson's writing analysed Increasing returns - Conan Doyle and his considerable earnings Reichenbach beckoned - The killing of Sherlock Holmes Start of something - The Holmes phenomenon First parodies - Sherlock Holmes becomes a copied man The footlights - Holmes takes to the stage Sherlock Holmes - The play that became Gillette's great success The Hound looms - The return of the detective It was inevitable - The story of the real return The Return of Sherlock Holmes - Short story breakdown, Part 2 The start of scholarship - Something new in detective fiction The bright Ronald Knox - 'Studies in the Literature of Sherlock Holmes' Baffled! - Holmes in the silent film era Output dwindles - The story of writing His Last Bow His Last Bow - Short story breakdown, Part 3 Post Gillette's masterpiece - More Holmes on stage, Part 1 Spiritualism dominates - Conan Doyle and his religious beliefs The final demise - Conan Doyle's last decade of writing The Case-book of Sherlock Holmes - Short story breakdown, Part 4 Mystery stories - And yet another three? The 'talkies' - The arrival of film with sound Rathbone arrives - A triumph before typecasting Rathbone runs away - The Rathbone-Bruce partnership ends Up to date - More Holmes on stage, Part 2 The birth of societies - With their roots firmly in scholarship An insatiable appetite - Holmes and modern media Enduring appeal - Holmes in the 21st century Epilogue - Remembering Conan Doyle Bibliography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationNicholas Utechin is an Honorary member of The Sherlock Holmes Society of London and edited its journal from 1976-2006. He is also a member of the American Baker Street Irregulars society and is distantly related to the great film portrayer of Holmes, Basil Rathbone. Nick is a freelance journalist and broadcaster and was a senior producer on BBC Radio 4, working on such programmes as Today, Any Questions?, Call Nick Ross, All In The Mind and Feedback. He lives in Oxford. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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