Detecting the Great Detective
Sherlock Holmes's London is part detective story, part guide book - an entertaining and informative tour of London based on clues contained in the cases of the great detective as chronicled in "the memoirs of Dr John H Watson MD", Holmes's great friend and collaborator. As David Sinclair writes:
"In almost all the London stories, Watson is careful to describe exact locations and in many cases to give fairly precise commentary on how they were reached from Baker Street, or wherever else the pair found themselves.The crucial element of these topographical descriptions in the Holmes legends is that the reader is sucked into the stories by being able to follow where the streets lead and to see exactly where the adventures take place."
In describing these locations, the doctor's mixture of genuine identity and various levels of disguise provides the most fascinating cases for the dedicated investigator. Finding these places, and taking readers to them when possible, is the purpose of Sherlock Holmes's London. It identifies the scenes of crimes, the homes of villains and victims, the restaurants and concert halls where Holmes and Watson took their ease and all the other locations that feature in the London stories. And it answers once and for all the question, Where was the real 221B Baker Street?
The book will delight anyone who has ever read a Sherlock Holmes story, or thrilled to the magnificent television series starring Jeremy Brett, or who has seen the great Holmes films. In fact anyone who has ever heard of Sherlock Holmes will be fascinated by Sherlock Holmes's London
Order your copy direct from the publisher, Robert Hale, London
Reviews of Sherlock Holmes's London
A handsomely illustrated addition to the select topographical library of the Canon…Mr Sinclair knows his London and his Sherlock Holmes…an attractive, intelligent and entertaining book
Sherlock Holmes Society of London
Sinclair's knowledge of Holmesian literature and therefore of late Victorian London is exemplary. This will interest not only Holmes fans but also anyone with an interest in Victorian London. Brilliant
A quality book that would enhance any collector's bookcase but is an absolute essential for all Holmes enthusiasts…If you are visiting London and want to tread in the footsteps of Holmes, then this is definitely the book for you
