The Real World of Sherlock Holmes
Subtitle: The True Crimes Investigated by Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers; Running Press; Brand: Carroll n Graf Pub
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780786700202; 9780881847383
Copyright date: 1991
Subjects: Mystery & Detective - Sherlock Holmes; Fiction; True Crime / Espionage; Mystery/Suspense; General; Mystery & Detective - General
First sentence: IN MARCH 1885, ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE was in practice as a doctor in Southsea, a suburb of Portsmouth, the great naval base on the south coast of England.
Notes: Different ISBNs on copyright page and back cover.
Table of contents: title: A detective calls --; title: Dr Doyle and Mr Holmes --; title: The chamber of horrors --; title: By every post a call for help --; title: Strange studies from life --; title: The mystery at Moat House Farm --; title: The club of queer crimes --; title: The trail of Jack the Ripper --; title: The persecution of George Edalji --; title: Stolen : the Irish crown jewels --; title: The vanished Dane --; title: The Langham Hotel mystery --; title: Was Crippen innocent? --; title: The case of Oscar Slater --; title: Why Miss Gilchrist died --; title: Into the Valley of Fear : crime in America --; title: The Bluebeard of the bath --; title: The errant knight --; title: Ned Kelly and Fisher's ghost : crime in Australasia --; title: New light on old crimes --; title: Conan Doyle and the motor-bandit : crime on the continent --; title: The strange death of the general's wife --; title: Death beside the sea --; title: The Crowborough chicken farm murder --; title: The case of the missing lady --; title: The zoo park murder --; title: A peculiar death at Umtali --; title: The cobbler and the fish-peldar --; title: Epilogue : the files are closed.