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The Life and Times of Sherlock Holmes - by Liese Sherwood-Fabre (Paperback)

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Highlights

  • Fans of Sherlock Holmes, Victorian England, and history in general will all find interesting tidbits to carry away.
  • Author(s): Liese Sherwood-Fabre
  • 100 Pages
  • History, Essays

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About the Book



Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories are full of references to everyday activities and events from Victorian times. These short twenty-four essays explore various aspects of life mentioned in the original adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the world's most famous consulting detective.



Book Synopsis



Fans of Sherlock Holmes, Victorian England, and history in general will all find interesting tidbits to carry away.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle references many everyday Victorian activities and aspects that are lost on the twenty-first century reader. These short essays provide modern readers a better understanding of Victorian England and greater insight into the world of Sherlock Holmes. His cases take on richer meaning when the reader grasps the subtleties of such details as the blue ribbon mentioned in "The Adventure of the Cardboard Box," the doss houses Shinwell Johnson knew about, or how one contracted brain fever.

Originally published in Sherlockian newsletters across the world, these short essays carry the reader back to London, 1895 and the world of the most famous consulting detective. Topics covered include:

  • Horse racing
  • The Victorian Wedding
  • Boxing
  • The Temperance Movement
  • Fencing
  • London Smog
  • Brain Fever
  • Circuses
  • The Port of Dundee
  • Doss Houses
  • Vampires
  • Bradshaw's Companion
  • Bicycles and the New Woman
  • Clergymen
  • Public Houses
  • Microscopes and Magnifying Glasses
  • Governesses
  • Ciphers and Codes
  • Eton
  • Cambridge and Oxford
  • The Art of Disguise
  • Typewriters
  • Brief History of Tea

Return, once again, to Victorian England and the residents of 221B Baker Street.

"We have...always found [Dr. Sherwood-Fabre's] essays to be both entertaining and informative as well as very well researched."

- Joel Senter, editor, The Sherlockian E-Times



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"We have had the privilege of publishing Liese's essays in our Sherlockian E-Times each month for the past few years...[and] have, personally, always found her essays to be both entertaining and informative as well as very well-researched. "

Joel Senter, Editor, The Sherlockian E-Times

"Liese Sherwood-Fabre, through her extensive research into the life of the 1890's London, has provided Sherlockians across the country amazing insights of how residents of the Victoria period lived, ....[and] brings to life a society which we have only dreamed of being a resident of."

Steve Mason, The Crew of the Barque Lone Star

"Liese Sherwood-Fabre's essays on life in Sherlock Holmes' Victorian world...provide insight into topics that are referred to in the Holmes stories. "

Sally Sugarman, Editor, Groans, Cries and Bleatings


Dimensions (Overall): 8.5 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x .24 Inches (D)
Weight: .3 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 100
Genre: History
Sub-Genre: Essays
Publisher: Little ELM Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Liese Sherwood-Fabre
Language: English
Street Date: June 6, 2018
TCIN: 88738109
UPC: 9780998411255
Item Number (DPCI): 247-49-1962
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.24 inches length x 5.5 inches width x 8.5 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.3 pounds
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