Find Your Way Home--Bestselling Sat Navs
Plan ahead and avoid traffic jams with one of our bestselling sat navs from top brands including TomTom and Garmin. We also stock a great range of up-to-date and fully-routable maps for your device, including popular destinations such as France, Portugal, North America and Scotland.
 Trade In this Item for up to £3.00
Trade in Sherlock Holmes's London for an Amazon.co.uk gift card of up to £3.00, which you can then spend on millions of items across the site. Plus, get an extra £5 when you trade in books worth £10 or more until June 30, 2012. Trade-in values may vary (terms apply). Find more products eligible for trade-in.
|
Frequently Bought Together
Product details
|
Product Description
Product Description
Sherlock Holmes - perhaps the most famous detective of all time - had an intimate knowledge and the topography of London. His partner, Dr Watson, also had a sixth sense about the people and the places they lived in. In this entertaining and informative book, David Sinclair recreates the London Holmes and Watson knew, and relates it to modern London. The author follows the routes that Holmes took on the trail of criminals - whether to Brixton and Kennington on the trail of the murdered Enoch J. Drebber, or to Bloomsbury and Covent Garden in search of the man who stole the blue carbuncle - creating an entertaining detective story in itself as he relates places in the stories to places that exist now. Sifting through mystery and disguise, the author tracks down the real Langham Hotel and speculates on the location of the Diogenes Club and Saxe-Coburg Square. The book identifies the scenes of crimes, the homes of villains and victims, as well as the restaurants, theaters and concert halls where Holmes and London relaxed off-duty. It also recreates the unique atmosphere of a London sometimes darkened by smog and where travel was by hansom cab and brougham.
About the Author
David Sinclair is the author of ten previous books, including the best-selling The Pound: A Biography and The Land That Never Was, the story of one of the greatest frauds in history. Born in Northumberland, he was trained as a journalist and went on to enjoy a thirty-year career as a senior editorial executive with several national newspapers. Now a freelance writer, he lives in Kent. His interest in Sherlock Holmes, which goes back to his youth, prompted him to research and write a short biography of the great detective which was published in The Times.
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
There are no customer reviews yet on Amazon.co.uk.
5 star
4 star
3 star
2 star
1 star
Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com (beta)
Amazon.com:
1 review
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Out and About in London With Holmes and Watson!
11 Jun 2011
Over the years, there have been about a dozen travel guides devoted to the London of Sherlock Holmes' time. David Sinclair's SHERLOCK HOLMES'S LONDON, published in 2009 by Robert Hale Limited, is one of the very latest...and one of the best.
Sherlock Holmes had an detailed knowledge of London's topography and so, apparently, does Sinclair. He takes the reader on an exhaustive - and sometimes exhausting - guided tour through the London that Watson chronicled and the London of today.
In a series of chapters entitled 'Going East,' 'South of the River,' ' Kensington Connections,' etc., Sinclair details the London locales connected with a particular case. Where Watson created fictional streets, businesses, buildings, etc., Sinclair, with tongue in cheek, suggests what the "actual" site/building might have been. He then updates the reader on how the real-life London locales have fared. Sadly, some of the memorable London sites have fallen prey to urban development over the years so, for example, the Holmes afficiando can't walk the squares that Jabez Wlson did in 'The Red-Headed League.'
The book is nicely illustrated with contemporary color photographs of various London locales associated with the Great Detective that still exist such as Montague Street, the Charing Cross Hotel, Craven Street, etc. along with vintage maps of London.
SHERLOCK HOLMES'S LONDON will probably be catnip to Holmes' fans. Though the amount of detail and the theorizing as to 'what Watson really meant' sometimes gets to be a bit much, Sinclair's travelogue is entertaining and very informative. Recommended.
Sherlock Holmes had an detailed knowledge of London's topography and so, apparently, does Sinclair. He takes the reader on an exhaustive - and sometimes exhausting - guided tour through the London that Watson chronicled and the London of today.
In a series of chapters entitled 'Going East,' 'South of the River,' ' Kensington Connections,' etc., Sinclair details the London locales connected with a particular case. Where Watson created fictional streets, businesses, buildings, etc., Sinclair, with tongue in cheek, suggests what the "actual" site/building might have been. He then updates the reader on how the real-life London locales have fared. Sadly, some of the memorable London sites have fallen prey to urban development over the years so, for example, the Holmes afficiando can't walk the squares that Jabez Wlson did in 'The Red-Headed League.'
The book is nicely illustrated with contemporary color photographs of various London locales associated with the Great Detective that still exist such as Montague Street, the Charing Cross Hotel, Craven Street, etc. along with vintage maps of London.
SHERLOCK HOLMES'S LONDON will probably be catnip to Holmes' fans. Though the amount of detail and the theorizing as to 'what Watson really meant' sometimes gets to be a bit much, Sinclair's travelogue is entertaining and very informative. Recommended.
Was this review helpful?
Let us know
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
|
