THE WORLD OF SHERLOCK HOLMES The Facts and Fiction Behind the World's Greatest Detective

Hardback. SIGNED. The creation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes, is fiction's most famous detective, renowned for his brilliant powers of deduction. To many he is the eccentric, intellectual detective immortalised by illustrators and actors as the man with the deerstalker hat and pipe. But Holmes was a far darker, more enigmatic character than he is sometimes perceived - complex, solitary and prone to narcotic addition. Along with his faithful sidekick, Dr Watson, he solved the most complex and intriguing fictional crimes ever written and battled with his nemesis the evil Moriarty, to the death and beyond. Martin Fido delves into the detective's storied history to explore the myths and reality of the era where Holmes was first born - a time when crime analysis and medicine were seeing unprecedented developments and technology was quickly advancing. It was a world where Scotland Yard was the king of criminal detection - that is, before our enigmatic hero was written into existence. Includes references to Jack the Ripper. Profusely Illus. in colour and b/w, Chronology and Index. 144pp. 4to h/back. Review copy INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY MARTIN FIDO. From the library of Paul Daniel, ex-editor of the 'Ripperologist' magazine (December 1996 No. 8 - February 2000 No. 27) and includes a tipped-in review of the book for 'Ripperologist' magazine. V. lightly browned pp. o/w Nr. F. in F. protected dw. A fairly heavy book which may require additional postage if shipped overseas.