Good Old Index: The Sherlock Holmes Handbook : A Guide to the Sherlock Holmes Stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle : Persons, Places, Themes, Summaries of All the Tales

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This book makes easily available a fascinating collection of information about the Great Detective and his creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Through its entries, readers can study Holmes's garb; evaluate the character of Dr Watson;assess Doyle's writing habits; or discover the astonishing variety of weapons employed in the stories, from life-preservers through chairs and poison gas to an arsenal of knives and pistols. The author has included thousands of Sherlockian facts, arranging alphabetically into categories which allow the reader both to dip into the book and instantly find what is required, or browse through at leisure. The book as a whole is an indispensable (and humorous)reference work for anyone interested in Holmesiana.


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Good Old Index is a fascinating collection of information, hitherto unavailable, about the Great Detective and his creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. For example, the Index lists the astonishing variety of weapons employed in the stories - life-preservers (black-jacks), chairs, poison gas, and an arsenal of knives and pistols. Readers can study Holmes's garb, and the Index facilitates the evaluation of the character of Dr. Watson. It also provides abundant material for an assessment of Doyle's writing habits. He was one of the greatest story-tellers in English, but could be pompous and circumloquacious, as when he calls a sawed-off shotgun a truncated fowling-piece! The author has included thousands of Sherlockian facts into alphabetically arranged categories that allow the reader to dip into the book and find what he wants instantly. This volume fills a unique void in the literature on Doyle and his famous detective.


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