Books like The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes by Vincent Starrett

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s second Sherlock Holmes novel, The Sign of Four, follows Holmes and Watson as they investigate a mysterious treasure and a crime tied to a former convict.

Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic detective tale follows Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson as they investigate the legend of an undead hound on Dartmoor, revealing secrets that threaten a family’s legacy.

> A triumph of dedicated detective work, set against the romantic nostalgic splendor of Victorian England, *The World of Sherlock Holmes* reveals a wealth of unsuspected facts about the master sleuth. What was the scandal involving Queen Victoria's son and grandson? Why did Holmes visit the United States, and what did he do for Vanderbilt? Why did he remain silent about the identity of Jack the Ripper? What was the secret of the Vatican cameos? Why did the kings of Denmark, Sweden and Holland, the Sultan of Turkey, the Czar of Russia and the President of the United States confer on Sherlock Holmes their countries' highest decorations? >Mr. Harrison also sheds new light on Holmes' youth, including the unusual nature of his university career, his brilliant achievements at the top level of Victorian diplomacy and his close and curious relations with the Britsh crown.

> Here, at last, is a chronicle of the many dramatizations of the exploits of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's world-renowned sleuth, Sherlock Holmes. >During the past eighty years or so, the character of Holmes has appeared in stage plays, silent and sound films, comedies, musicals, radio plays, television shows, revue sketches, commercials, and even a ballet. >The public's great attraction to Holmes began in 1891 when Conan Doyle's short stories first appeared. After two years (and twenty-four stories), however, the author had become bored with his hero and attempted to kill him off in *The Final Problem*. The general public was incensed by the demise of Holmes because their appetite for Holmes's adventures was insatiable. >Conan Doyle's ennui, however, was turned to great advantage by Charles Rogers, a minor late nineteenth century playwright. For in 1893, he attempted to fill the vacuum in the realm of new Sherlock Holmes narratives by writing a four-act play, appropriately entitled *Sherlock Holmes*. This was one of the first plays based on the character of Holmes, and in it the playwright depicted Holmes as having been a woman's rejected suitor! >Rogers' Sherlock Holmes was only an early episode in Holmes's life outside of Conan Doyle's stories. As early as 1903, there was a film entitled *Sherlock Holmes Baffled*. It ran for only forty-nine seconds, however, and was intended for viewing at peep shows. >Of course, since then many an actor has had great success playing Holmes. William Gillette, Eille Norwood, and Basil Rathbone all became quite associated with the role of the great detective. For a number of years, in fact, producers would not hire Basil Rathbone for any other role because they thought he was too identified with the role of Holmes in the public's mind. >In addition to the serious (and semi-serious) dramatic realizations of Holmes, there have also been numerous burlesques, among which was a 1902 entry called *Sheerluck Jones*. >Both the avid Sherlockian and the occasional Conan Doyle admirer will be fascinated by this "dramatic" history of the public life of Sherlock Holmes.

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