Further Associates of Sherlock Holmes

Further Associates of Sherlock Holmes
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Publisher : Titan Books (US, CA)
Total Pages : 349
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ISBN-10 : 9781783299331
ISBN-13 : 1783299339
Rating : 4/5 (31 Downloads)

Synopsis Further Associates of Sherlock Holmes by : George Mann

Once again, famous associates of the Great Detective – clients, colleagues and, of course, villains – tell their own stories in this collection of brand-new adventures. Meet Lucy Hebron years after Holmes’s only ever failed deduction; follow your nose down the streets of London with Toby the Dog; join Mrs Hudson on her first ever case; greet an ambassador from Mars alongside Lord Holdhurst; and confess your sins to your cellmate, Professor James Moriarty…

Associates of Sherlock Holmes

Associates of Sherlock Holmes
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Publisher : Titan Books (US, CA)
Total Pages : 307
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ISBN-10 : 9781783299317
ISBN-13 : 1783299312
Rating : 4/5 (17 Downloads)

Synopsis Associates of Sherlock Holmes by : George Mann

For the very first time, famous associates of the Great Detective – clients, colleagues, and of course, villains – tell their own stories in this collection of brand-new adventures. Follow Inspector Lestrade as he and Sherlock Holmes pursue a killer to rival Jack the Ripper; sit with Mycroft Holmes as he solves a case from the comfort of the Diogenes Club; take a drink with Irene Adler and Dr Watson in a Parisian café; and join Colonel Sebastian Moran on the hunt for a supposedly mythical creature…

Death on a Pale Horse

Death on a Pale Horse
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Publisher : Open Road Media
Total Pages : 255
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ISBN-10 : 9781453271698
ISBN-13 : 1453271694
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis Death on a Pale Horse by : Donald Thomas

“Donald Thomas is the all-time best at Sherlockian pastiche.” —Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine In a momentous period of British history, Donald Thomas’s latest Sherlock Holmes adventure pits the Great Detective and his faithful biographer, Dr. John Watson, against an international conspiracy led by a disgraced English officer. Colonel Hunter Moran bears upon him “The Mark of the Beast”; his satanic ingenuity leaves a spectacular trail of devastation. It runs from the annihilation of a British armored column by Zulu tribesmen armed only with shields and spears, to a life-and-death struggle on the sinking passenger steamer Comtesse de Flandre. The heir to the French empire lies dead in the African dust. Europe is brought to the brink of war by forged dispatches, designed to enrich gun-runners and assassins. The gold-fields and diamond mines of South Africa become the playground of organized crime. Only the detective genius of Holmes can prove a match for the unfolding criminality of Moran and his associates. WithWatson and Mycroft at his side, Sherlock Holmes again demonstrates that although the powers of the state and the underworld may try to overpower him, they will never out-think his splendid analytical mind at the height of its powers.

Further Encounters of Sherlock Holmes

Further Encounters of Sherlock Holmes
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Publisher : Titan Books
Total Pages : 390
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ISBN-10 : 9781781160114
ISBN-13 : 1781160112
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis Further Encounters of Sherlock Holmes by : Andrew Lane

BRAND-NEW TALES OF THE GREAT DETECTIVE Once again the spirit of Sherlock Holmes lives on in this collection of twelve brand-new adventures. Wonder at how the world's greatest consulting detective plays a deadly game with the Marvel of Montmartre; investigates a killing on the high seas; discovers Professor Moriarty's secret papers; battles a mysterious entity on a Scottish mountain; travels to the Red Planet to solve an interplanetary murder; and solves one last case with Dr Watson Jr!

From Holmes to Sherlock

From Holmes to Sherlock
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Publisher : Grove Press
Total Pages : 684
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ISBN-10 : 9780802189165
ISBN-13 : 0802189164
Rating : 4/5 (65 Downloads)

Synopsis From Holmes to Sherlock by : Mattias Boström

“If you love Sherlock Holmes, you’ll love this book…the best account of Baker Street mania ever written.”—Michael Dirda, The Washington Post Winner of the Agatha Award for best nonfiction work Edgar Award finalist for best critical/biographical work Anthony Award finalist for best critical/nonfiction work Everyone knows Sherlock Holmes. But what made this fictional character, dreamed up by a small-town English doctor in the 1880s, into such a lasting success, despite the author’s own attempt to escape his invention? In From Holmes to Sherlock, Swedish author and Baker Street Irregular Mattias Boström recreates the full story behind the legend for the first time. From a young Arthur Conan Doyle sitting in a Scottish lecture hall taking notes on his medical professor’s powers of observation to the pair of modern-day fans who brainstormed the idea behind the TV sensation Sherlock, from the publishing world’s first literary agent to the Georgian princess who showed up at the Conan Doyle estate and altered a legacy, the narrative follows the men and women who have created and perpetuated the myth. It includes tales of unexpected fortune, accidental romance, and inheritances gone awry, and tells of the actors, writers, readers, and other players who have transformed Sherlock Holmes from the gentleman amateur of the Victorian era to the odd genius of today. From Holmes to Sherlock is a singular celebration of the most famous detective in the world—a must for newcomers and experts alike. “Riveting…[A] wonderfully entertaining history.”?TheWall Street Journal “Celebrates the versatility of one of fiction’s most beloved characters…terrific.”?TheChristian Science Monitor

Good Night, Mr. Holmes

Good Night, Mr. Holmes
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Publisher : Tor Books
Total Pages : 416
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ISBN-10 : 0812514300
ISBN-13 : 9780812514308
Rating : 4/5 (00 Downloads)

Synopsis Good Night, Mr. Holmes by : Carole Nelson Douglas

A Few Lessons from Sherlock Holmes

A Few Lessons from Sherlock Holmes
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Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Total Pages : 67
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ISBN-10 : 9781780924496
ISBN-13 : 1780924496
Rating : 4/5 (96 Downloads)

Synopsis A Few Lessons from Sherlock Holmes by : Peter Bevelin

A Few Lessons from Sherlock Holmes is a book for those who want to improve their thinking. It is a practical and enjoyable book that tells in a short-easy-to-read way about what we all can learn from Sherlock Holmes. Peter Bevelin has distilled Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes into bite-sized principles and key quotes. This book will appeal to both Sherlock fans as well as those who want to think better. It contains useful and timeless methods and questions applicable to a variety of important issues in life and business. We could all benefit from A few lessons from Sherlock Holmes.

Teller of Tales

Teller of Tales
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Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
Total Pages : 588
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ISBN-10 : 9781466863156
ISBN-13 : 1466863153
Rating : 4/5 (56 Downloads)

Synopsis Teller of Tales by : Daniel Stashower

Winner of the 1999 Edgar Award for Best Biographical Work, this is "an excellent biography of the man who created Sherlock Holmes" (David Walton, The New York Times Book Review) This fresh, compelling biography examines the extraordinary life and strange contrasts of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the struggling provincial doctor who became the most popular storyteller of his age. From his youthful exploits aboard a whaling ship to his often stormy friendships with such figures as Harry Houdini and George Bernard Shaw, Conan Doyle lived a life as gripping as one of his adventures. Exhaustively researched and elegantly written, Daniel Stashower's Teller of Tales sets aside many myths and misconceptions to present a vivid portrait of the man behind the legend of Baker Street, with a particular emphasis on the Psychic Crusade that dominated his final years--the work that Conan Doyle himself felt to be "the most important thing in the world."

Sherlock Holmes the Challenge of Irene Adler

Sherlock Holmes the Challenge of Irene Adler
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Publisher : Graphic Novel Adventures
Total Pages : 194
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0999769863
ISBN-13 : 9780999769867
Rating : 4/5 (63 Downloads)

Synopsis Sherlock Holmes the Challenge of Irene Adler by : Canal éducatif à la demande (Project)

Sherlock Holmes must compete with Irene Adler to see who is truly London's Greatest Detective.

William Gillette, America's Sherlock Holmes

William Gillette, America's Sherlock Holmes
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Publisher : Xlibris
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1453555811
ISBN-13 : 9781453555811
Rating : 4/5 (11 Downloads)

Synopsis William Gillette, America's Sherlock Holmes by : Henry Zecher

William Gillette is best-remembered today as the living personification of Sherlock Holmes, but he was much more than that. He was one of the nineteenth century's greatest stars, among its most successful actors and playwrights. In a career spanning six decades, he was one of the best-known celebrities in the Western world, a towering figure in an age of towering figures. Among his friends were Mark Twain, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Theodore Roosevelt, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Thomas Nast and Maurice Barrymore. He built a castle on the Connecticut River and a miniature railroad to run around it. Among the guests who rode on that train were President Calvin Coolidge, physicist Albert Einstein and Tokyo Mayor Ozaki Yukio, who gave to America the cherry blossoms in 1912. James M. Barrie, the creator of Peter Pan, wrote two hit plays for which he specifically asked Gillette to star in. As a playwright, Gillette was known for the stark realism of his sets, costuming, dialogue and actions. He developed realistic and dramatic lighting and sound effects. As an actor, he developed the philosophy of The Illusion of the First Time, in which an actor speaks his lines and moves about each night, not as he has done a hundred times before, but as if he is making up his dialogue as he goes along, and moving about as if doing so for the first time, as real people do. Gillette's intention was to reproduce as much as possible the real world on stage, to make his audiences believe they were seeing a life episode being lived across the barrier of the footlights. This magnificent biography is the first full treatment of Gillette ever published. Exhaustively researched, thoroughly documented, and beautifully written, it not only details the life of this extraordinary man, it provides a colorful context of the times in which he lived. This is a major part of the history of the Western theater finally documented for our edification and enjoyment.