Book description
Who is Holmes? The world's most famous detective? A drug addict
with a heart as cold as ice? A millstone around the neck of his
creator? He's all of these things and much, much more. An iconic
fictional creation, inseparable from his partner-in-crime Dr John
Watson, Sherlock Holmes has charmed and fascinated millions of people
around the world since his first appearance over a century ago. This
book takes a look at the extensive collection of Sherlock stories
penned by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as some of the sleuth's
stage and screen incarnations.
Mark Campbell is theatre critic for The Kentish Times, has
written for The Independent, Midweek and Crime Time, and is one of the
main contributors to the two-volume British Crime Writing: An
Encyclopedia. He has produced a Pocket Essential on Sherlock Holmes,
Agatha Christie and Carry On Films. He is married with two children
and lives in Plumstead, South East London.
