- Hardcover: 192 pages
- Publisher: Aurum Press Ltd (25 Oct 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1845134583
- ISBN-13: 978-1845134587
- Product Dimensions: 26.8 x 19.8 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 361,447 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Aurum’s Agatha Christie Companion of 2005 was a sales success in both hardback and paperback, on both sides of the Atlantic. Now we follow up with a beautiful and lavishly illustrated book on one of the greatest and most enduringly popular literary characters of all time: Sherlock Holmes. Illustrated throughout with more than 150 pictures – half in full colour – ranging from period engravings and book jackets to modern-day location shots and film stills from TV adaptations, this is a compendious guide to all the stories, their author and the enigmatic pipe-smoking creation at their heart. Daniel Smith’s witty and informed text provides plot summaries of every single Sherlock Holmes story, potted biographies of Holmes, Moriarty, Watson and of course Conan Doyle, and interviews with many original interviews with the actors who’ve played Holmes over the years. This is a book aimed at both the Holmes aficionado and at the gift market – comprehensive without being nerdy, and nostalgic while also rigorously critical and not afraid to rank the better Holmes stories against the lesser. Daniel Smith is a book publisher and author who lives in London.
About the Author
Daniel Smith has written on subjects as diverse as Sherlock Holmes (The Sherlock Holmes Companion: An Elementary Guide), serendipity (The Lucky Bugger’s Casebook) and Cockney rhyming slang (The Language of London). When not buried in an archive somewhere in search of forgotten stories, he lives in East London with his wife, Rosie, and an assortment of fish. Despite his passionate interest in the Dig for Victory campaign, his own garden is, alas, not all that it might be. He is author of The Spade as Mighty as the Sword: The Story of World War Two’s Dig for Victory Campaign, published by Aurum.
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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Well written and beautifully illustrated. A fascinating read for anyone who has enjoyed a Sherlock Holmes adventure.
10 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
An essential and fascinating read of the highest quality, which will interest, inspire and educate aspiring detectives and Holmes enthusiasts of all ages. Makes a perfect gift too. One of the aspects I particularly enjoyed about this book was that I could make more than a day of it visiting the many places brought to life in its text and wonderful photographs and illustrations.
Format:Hardcover
I found this an excellent book. It was thoroughly researched and well compiled, and each page revealed new and interesting facts. It was a delight to read.
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