or

Special Offer

Download for Free with
Audible.co.uk 30-day free trial

Start your free trial at Audible.co.uk
The Patient's Eyes: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes (Unabridged)
 
See larger image 
Share your own customer images

The Patient's Eyes: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes (Unabridged) [Audio Download]

by David Pirie (Author), Richard Matthews (Narrator)
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
List Price: £16.47
Price:£8.65, or Free with Audible.co.uk 30-day free trial membership
You Save:£7.82 (47%)
At Audible.co.uk, you can choose to download any of 60,000 audiobooks and more, and listen on your Kindle™, iPhone®, iPod®, Android™ or 500+ MP3 players.
Your exclusive Audible.co.uk 30-day free trial membership includes:
  • This audiobook free, or any other Audible audiobook of your choice
  • Save up to 80% off the price of the CD equivalent
  • Members-only sales and promotions

Formats

 Amazon Price New from Used from
Hardcover --   -- --
Paperback --   -- --
Audio Download, Unabridged £8.65 or Free with Audible.co.uk 30-day free trial

Product details

  • Audio Download
  • Listening Length: 7 hours and 11 minutes
  • Program Type: Audiobook
  • Version: Unabridged
  • Publisher: Books on Tape
  • Audible Release Date: 23 Nov 2004
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B002SPZ3O8
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

    •  Would you like to give feedback on images?

Product Description

As a young medical student at Edinburgh, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle took classes with the remarkable Dr. Joseph Bell in forensic medicine. Dr. Bell exhibited many of the characteristics that Doyle would later synthesize into the personage of Sherlock Holmes: complete faith in human reason, meticulous powers of observation, and encyclopedic knowledge of the activities and methods of the criminal classes.

In his novel, David Pirie pairs Bell and Doyle as Doyle would later pair Holmes and Watson, as pioneers in criminal investigation, looking into the seamy underside of the proper Victorian world. Doyle is puzzled by the ocular symptoms of a woman in his medical practice. Bell senses that there is something criminal afoot, and...the chase is joined.

©2001 David Pirie; (P)2001 Books on Tape

Tag this product

 (What's this?)
Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organise and find favourite items.
Your tags: Add your first tag
 
See most popular tags

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
An excellent read 10 Oct 2001
Format:Hardcover
After watching the excellent dramatisation of David Pirie's 'Murder Rooms' I decided to read this book. I was not disappointed and can thoroughly recommend it to fans of the series.

The characters of Dr Bell and Dr Doyle come alive throughout the novel set in Victorian England.

You will find it hard to put the book down as you follow the main characters through an increasingly disturbing case, which culminates leaving the reader begging for more.

Comment | 
Was this review helpful to you?
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
At last we begin delving into the real world of Sherlock Holmes. Though the little crime incidents themselves are fictional, Pirie has made a genuine effort to create characters that are believable and included many facts about Dr Joseph Bell, the model for Holmes, and Doyle that make you believe what you are reading as truth!

It's written in an excellent web-like fashion, keeping you gripped with various different mysteries.

The world that is depicted can be compared to our modern world and both Doyle and Bell could just as easily be modern day characters. Indeed by merely removing the victorian surrounding, your horses and carriages, etc, and by replacing them with their modern day equavalents, like cars, etc, we have a modern mystery.

Comment | 
Was this review helpful to you?
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This excellent book is written in the first person, but instead of Dr. Watson relating the adventures of Holmes we have Dr. Doyle describing his exploits with Dr. Joseph Bell. An entertaining read which does differ from the televised stories, but is a must for all fans of Victorian who-dunits. I look forward to the sequels...
Comment | 
Was this review helpful to you?
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Best apocryphal Sherlockiana!
This epitome of apocryphal Sherlockiana (Doyle-iana?) has been reviewed at length by people more accomplished, and by professionals who know how to award marks as well as how to... Read more
Published 11 months ago by RIJU GANGULY
The Patients Eyes
This is the weakest of the trilogy, or maybe because I read it last, the plot seems a bit stretched.
Published on 16 Jun 2009 by V. Walker
The Patient's Eyes
The plot is genuinely gripping and like Sherlock Holmes chilling at times. Unfortunately, the authors prose was at times awkward, the jumping from one case to another, one time to... Read more
Published on 26 April 2009 by Rich
Atmospheric addition to the Holmes industry
Unlike some of the other pastiches of Holmes, this doesn't so much duplicate the stories themselves as posit a (fictional) reality behind them by posing to be episodes from the... Read more
Published on 9 Aug 2008 by Roman Clodia
A bit episodic, but a good ending
Billed as 'The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes', The Patient's Eyes actually involves Conan-Doyle and his mentor Dr Joseph Bell (who was the inspiration for Holmes. Read more
Published on 17 Jan 2007 by Sarah Durston
The first case for Arthur Conan Doyle and Dr. Joseph Bell
Those who have admired the cases of Sherlock Holmes and found "The 7 Percent Solution" to be a fresh look at the first great detective of popular fiction will find a different game... Read more
Published on 4 Sep 2003 by Lawrance M. Bernabo
Doyle would be Proud
The Patient's Eyes is a brilliant mystery novel based around Conan Doyle's life and works. The television series was good, but the book is better. Read more
Published on 1 Sep 2003 by "gibberz"
The first case for Arthur Conan Doyle and Dr. Joseph Bell
Those who have admired the cases of Sherlock Holmes and found "The 7 Percent Solution" to be a fresh look at the first great detective of popular fiction will find a different game... Read more
Published on 11 Aug 2003 by Lawrance M. Bernabo
For avid fans only
This book is technically written quite decently, but for me if lacked the voice and comradery that was so delightful in the TV series. Read more
Published on 9 Oct 2001
Search Customer Reviews
Only search this product's reviews

Look for similar items by category


Where's My Stuff?

Delivery and Returns

Need Help?

amazon.co.uk Amazon Home
International Sites:  United States  |  Germany  |  France  |  Japan  |  Canada  |  China
Business Programs: Sell on Amazon  |  Fulfilment by Amazon  |  Join Associates  |  Join Advantage
Customer Service  |  Help  |  View Basket  |  Your Account
About Amazon.co.uk  |  Careers at Amazon
Conditions of Use & Sale |  Privacy Notice  © 1996-2012, Amazon.com, Inc. and its affiliates