Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography
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"A clever idea cunningly executed, and a welcome addition to the library of every Holmes fan." -- The Independent He has been called a genius and a fraud, a hero and an addict. He advised kings in their glittering palaces, then disappeared into the darkest alleys of London's criminal underworld. He was (and remains) a global icon, but who was this Sherlock Holmes? With an attention to detail that would make his subject envious, Nick Rennison gathers the clues of a life lived among the stars of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, from Oscar Wilde to Sigmund Freud, and uncovers startling, previously unknown information. How did a Cambridge drop-out and bit player on the London stage transform himself into a renowned "consulting detective"? Did he know the identity of "Jack the Ripper"? When did Holmes and his nemesis Professor Moriarty first cross paths? To where did Sherlock Holmes disappear after his presumed "death" in 1891? Sherlock Holmes answers these questions and many more as it careens through the most infamous crimes and historic events of the era, all in pursuit of the real man behind the greatest detective in modern fiction--and, just perhaps, non-fiction.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0802143253
ISBN13:9780802143259
Release Date:October 2007
Publisher:Grove Press
Length:304 Pages
Weight:0.82 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.6" x 8.2"
Customer Reviews
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A new twist?
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
I've been a Sherlock Holmes fan as far as I can remember and I've read my share of stories beyond the Canon, but am no means a scholar, so perhaps this idea has been done before and I was not aware of it. This is such a well written and though out bio on a man who never lived, but Rennison does a beautiful job of breathing life into Holmes and making him feel very real indeed. He helps fill in some of the gaps and give some very plausable explanations of some of Watson's little errors from the dates of events to his war wound(s) and even his wives. It also goes into to Moriarty, and Col. Moran, as well as Mycroft. It's a well rounded book and I am really impressed that Rennison was able to give Holmes a family and a "history" by the little info in the Canon. It's very obvious that Rennison is passionate about his subject. He could not have written such a convincing biography if he wasnt. If you want to read a great book about the man, this would be the one.
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