The life and death of Sherlock Holmes
Bostrom, Mattias, 1971-2017
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A biography of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his most famous creation, Sherlock Holmes, from a Swedish author. Structured like a detective thriller. Everybody knows about Sherlock Holmes, the unique literary character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who has remained popular over the decades and is more appreciated than ever today. But what made this fictional character, dreamed up by a small-town English doctor back in the 1880s, into such a great success? This is the fascinating and exciting tale of the man and people who created the Holmes legend. The book was winner of the Best Non-fiction Award by The Swedish Crime Writers' Academy 2013 and shortlisted for The Great Non-Fiction Book Prize (Sweden's biggest non-fiction award) in Sweden 2013.
Main title:
The life and death of Sherlock Holmes / Mattias Bostrom ; translated from the Swedish by Michael Gallagher.
Author:
Bostrom, Mattias, 1971-, authorGallagher, Michael, 1978-, translator
Imprint:
London : A Mysterious Press book for Head of Zeus, 2017.
Collation:
597 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
This translation originally published as From Holmes to Sherlock. New York: Mysterious Press.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781784977733 (hbk)9781784977726 (ePub ebook)
Dewey class:
823.912
LC class:
PR4624
Local class:
823.912
Language:
EnglishSwedish
Subject:
BRN:
1832012
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