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Rennison, Nicholas

 
9780802143259: Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography
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ISBN 10: 0802143253 ISBN 13: 9780802143259
Editorial: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press, 2007

Sinopsis

A fictional biography of the life and times of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes describes Holmes's influence on the political events of late-nineteenth-century England, his connections to the British criminal underworld, his close friendships with key figures of the day, and his investigations into some of his era's most infamous crimes. Reprint.

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"A clever idea cunningly executed, and a welcome addition to the library of every Holmes fan." --The Independent He has been called a genius and a fraud, a hero and an addict. He advised kings in their glittering palaces, then disappeared into the darkest alleys of London's criminal underworld. He was (and remains) a global icon, but who was this Sherlock Holmes? With an attention to detail that would make his subject envious, Nick Rennison gathers the clues of a life lived among the stars of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, from Oscar Wilde to Sigmund Freud, and uncovers startling, previously unknown information. How did a Cambridge drop-out and bit player on the London stage transform himself into a renowned "consulting detective"? Did he know the identity of "Jack the Ripper"? When did Holmes and his nemesis Professor Moriarty first cross paths? To where did Sherlock Holmes disappear after his presumed "death" in 1891? Sherlock Holmes answers these questions and many more as it careens through the most infamous crimes and historic events of the era, all in pursuit of the real man behind the greatest detective in modern fiction--and, just perhaps, non-fiction.

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He has been called a genius and a fraud, a hero and an addict. He advised kings in their glittering palaces, then disappeared into the darkest alleys of London's criminal underworld. He was (and remains) a global icon, but he could pass his most ardent fan on the street without a flicker of recognition. Who was this Sherlock Holmes? Nick Rennison gathers the clues of a life lived among the stars of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, from Oscar Wilde to Sigmund Freud, and uncovers startling, previously unknown information. How did a Cambridge drop-out and bit player on the London stage transform himself into a renowned "consulting detective"? Did he know the identity of Jack the Ripper? To where did Sherlock Holmes disappear after his presumed death in 1891? Sherlock Holmes answers these questions and many more as it careens through the most infamous crimes and historic events of the era, all in pursuit of the real man behind the greatest detective in modern fiction--and, just perhaps, nonfiction.

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Editorial
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Año de publicación
2007
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ISBN 10 
0802143253
ISBN 13 
9780802143259
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
304
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