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Fans of Sherlock Holmes, Victorian England, and history in general will all find interesting tidbits to carry away. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle references many everyday Victorian activities and aspects that are lost on the twenty-first century reader. These short essays provide modern readers a better understanding of Victorian England and greater insight into the world of Sherlock Holmes. His cases take on richer meaning when the reader grasps the subtleties of such details as the blue ribbon mentioned in ""The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,"" the doss houses Shinwell Johnson knew about, or how one contracted brain fever. Originally published in Sherlockian newsletters across the world, these short essays carry the reader back to London, 1895 and the world of the most famous consulting detective. Topics covered include: Horse racing The Victorian Wedding Boxing The Temperance Movement Fencing London Smog Brain Fever Circuses The Port of Dundee Doss Houses Vampires Bradshaw's Companion Bicycles and the New Woman Clergymen Public Houses Microscopes and Magnifying Glasses Governesses Ciphers and Codes Eton Cambridge and Oxford The Art of Disguise Typewriters Brief History of Tea Return, once again, to Victorian England and the residents of 221B Baker Street. ""We have...always found [Dr. Sherwood-Fabre's] essays to be both entertaining and informative as well as very well researched."" - Joel Senter, editor, The Sherlockian E-Times

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We have had the privilege of publishing Liese's essays in our Sherlockian E-Times each month for the past few years...[and] have, personally, always found her essays to be both entertaining and informative as well as very well-researched. Joel Senter, Editor, The Sherlockian E-Times Liese Sherwood-Fabre, through her extensive research into the life of the 1890's London, has provided Sherlockians across the country amazing insights of how residents of the Victoria period lived, ....[and] brings to life a society which we have only dreamed of being a resident of. Steve Mason, The Crew of the Barque Lone Star Liese Sherwood-Fabre's essays on life in Sherlock Holmes' Victorian world...provide insight into topics that are referred to in the Holmes stories. Sally Sugarman, Editor, Groans, Cries and Bleatings

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Award winning author, Liese Sherwood-Fabre, grew up in Dallas, Texas and knew she was destined to write when she received an A+ in the second grade for her story about Dick, Jane, and Sally's ruined picnic. After obtaining her PhD from Indiana University, she joined the federal government and had the opportunity to work and live internationally for more than fifteen years-in Africa, Latin America, and Russia. After returning to the states, she seriously pursued her writing career and has had numerous pieces appear in both print and electronically. She is currently a member of The Crew of the Barque Lone Star, the Napoleons of Crime, and the Studious Scarlets Society scions and contributes regularly to Sherlockian newsletters across the world.

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