From Holmes to Sherlock (eBook)

The Story of the Men and Women Who Created an Icon

Mattias Bostrom (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
608 Seiten
Grove Atlantic (Verlag)
978-0-8021-8916-5 (ISBN)

Infos

"e;If you love Sherlock Holmes, you'll love this book...the best account of Baker Street mania ever written."e;-Michael Dirda, The Washington PostWinner of the Agatha Award for best nonfiction workEdgar Award finalist for best critical/biographical workAnthony Award finalist for best critical/nonfiction workEveryone knows Sherlock Holmes. But what made this fictional character, dreamed up by a small-town English doctor in the 1880s, into such a lasting success, despite the author's own attempt to escape his invention?In From Holmes to Sherlock, Swedish author and Baker Street Irregular Mattias Bostrom recreates the full story behind the legend for the first time. From a young Arthur Conan Doyle sitting in a Scottish lecture hall taking notes on his medical professor's powers of observation to the pair of modern-day fans who brainstormed the idea behind the TV sensation Sherlock, from the publishing world's first literary agent to the Georgian princess who showed up at the Conan Doyle estate and altered a legacy, the narrative follows the men and women who have created and perpetuated the myth. It includes tales of unexpected fortune, accidental romance, and inheritances gone awry, and tells of the actors, writers, readers, and other players who have transformed Sherlock Holmes from the gentleman amateur of the Victorian era to the odd genius of today. From Holmes to Sherlock is a singular celebration of the most famous detective in the world a must for newcomers and experts alike. "e;Riveting [A] wonderfully entertaining history."e;?TheWall Street Journal"e;Celebrates the versatility of one of fiction's most beloved characters terrific."e;?TheChristian Science Monitor

Autor

Mattias Boström, born in 1971, is a Swedish author, publisher, and Sherlock Holmes expert. He has written three books about Swedish popular culture history and has been an active Sherlockian for almost thirty years, publishing articles and editing books and booklets on the subject. He lives outside Stockholm with his wife and two young daughters.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.2.2020
• Übersetzer: Michael Gallagher
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: Baker Street • Baker Street Irregulars • Basil Rathbone • Benedict Cumberbatch • Caleb Carr • Christopher Morley • Dr. John Watson • jeremy brett • Leslie S. Klinger • Mark Gatiss • Michael Eisner • Nicholas Meyer • nigel bruce • reichenbach falls • Sherlock Holmes • sidney paget • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle • strand magazine • Study in Scarlet • The Hound of the Baskervilles • The Sign of Four • The Speckled Band • William Gillette
• ISBN-10: 0-8021-8916-4 / 0802189164
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8021-8916-5 / 9780802189165