A Sherlock Holmes Handbook

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

• Format
• hardcover

• Pages
• 256

• Publisher
• Dundurn

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780889242463

• Release date
• 1993