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Sherlock:Sherlock 29/8/12 10:01 Page 3 Sherlock Holmes MARK CAMPBELL POCKETESSENTIALS Sherlock:Sherlock 29/8/12 10:01 Page 2 OtherPocketEssentialsbythesameauthor: AgathaChristie CarryOnFilms DoctorWho Sherlock:Sherlock 29/8/12 10:01 Page 1 Sherlock Holmes www.pocketessentials.com Sherlock:Sherlock 29/8/12 10:01 Page 4 Thiseditionpublishedin2012byPocketEssentials P.O.Box394,Harpenden,Herts,AL51XJ www.pocketessentials.com SeriesEditor;NickRennison ProofingandIndex:RichardHoward ©MarkCampbell2007,2012 TherightofMarkCampbelltobeidentifiedastheauthorofthisworkhasbeen assertedinaccordancewiththeCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproduced,stored inorintroducedintoaretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyform orbyanymeans(electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recordingor otherwise)withoutthewrittenpermissionofthepublishers. Anypersonwhodoesanyunauthorisedactinrelationtothispublication maybeliabletocriminalprosecutionandcivilclaimsfordamages. ACIPcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. ISBN978-1-84243-887-9 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 TypesetbyAvocetTypeset,Chilton,Aylesbury,Bucks PrintedbyCPIGroup(UK)ltd,Croydon,CRO4YY Sherlock:Sherlock 29/8/12 10:01 Page 5 forRegGadneyandPeterHaining,bothguidinglights Sherlock:Sherlock 29/8/12 10:01 Page 6 Sherlock:Sherlock 29/8/12 10:01 Page 7 Acknowledgements For providing much needed information I am indebted to Richard Lancelyn Green, Roger Johnson, Roy Tunley, Peter Basham,AndyLane,PaulDuncan,IainJarvis,AnnickBarbery, Jean Barnham, Brett Nicholson, Craig Bowlsby and the friendly staff of the Slade Library, Plumstead. Thanks espe- cially to the first three named, together with Jason Tomes, John Smart, my mum and my wife Mary, who proofread the manuscript and pointed out all my mistakes. And of course I mustn’tforgetJesus,becauseheneverforgetsme. • 7 • Sherlock:Sherlock 29/8/12 10:01 Page 8 Sherlock:Sherlock 29/8/12 10:01 Page 9 Contents Foreword 11 byRichardLancelynGreen 1: PleaseContinueYourMostInteresting Statement 13 AnintroductiontotheconsultingdetectiveofBakerStreet 2: SirArthurConanDoyle 17 Asurveyofthefactssurroundinghislifeanddeath 3: TheCanon 23 Being an examination of the 60 stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 4: LiteraryPastichesandParodies 108 Being a leisurely stroll through the Great Detective’s rich literary legacy • 9 •

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