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The Great Detective
The Amazing Rise and Immortal Life of Sherlock Holmes
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015.
Format: Book
Description: xiv, 320 pages ; 24 cm
For longtime Conan Doyle fans as well as readers just discovering Sherlock Holmes, a wickedly smart and rollicking journey through the birth, life, and afterlives of popular culture's most beloved sleuth.
Contents:
Prelude: 221B -- Bohemia -- The science of deduction -- The wilderness -- Holmes & Watson -- Moriarty & friends -- The curse of the Baskervilles -- Secret histories -- Black mask -- The great game -- The return(s) of Sherlock Holmes -- Casebook.
Subjects:
Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930 -- Characters -- Sherlock Holmes.
Holmes, Sherlock -- Influence.
Detective and mystery stories, English -- History and criticism.
Private investigators in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Mystery & Detective.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading.
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain.
Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930 -- Characters -- Sherlock Holmes.
Holmes, Sherlock -- Influence.
Detective and mystery stories, English -- History and criticism.
Private investigators in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Mystery & Detective.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading.
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain.
ISBN:
9780544214040 (hardback)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
LITERATURE Reading Doy | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-306) and index.