"embassy. In 2007, to commemorate the 120th anniversary of the first Sherlock Holmes novel, a New Zealand private coin manufacturer New Zealand Mint produced a limited edition memorial coin series in silver, with the likenesses of Livanov and Solomin, as well as other Soviet actors from the Sherlock Holmes series. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson () is a series of Soviet television films portraying Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional English detective, starting in 1979. They were directed by Igor Maslennikov. In 2006, Vasily Livanov became an Honorary MBE (Member of"
"Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. Originally a physician, in 1887 he published ""A Study in Scarlet"", the first of four novels about Holmes and Dr. Watson. In addition, Doyle wrote over fifty short stories featuring the famous detective. The Sherlock Holmes stories are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. Doyle was a prolific writer; his non-Sherlockian works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger and humorous stories about the Napoleonic"
"Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes ( or ) is a fictional private detective created by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a ""consulting detective"" in the stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, forensic science, and logical reasoning that borders on the fantastic, which he employs when investigating cases for a wide variety of clients, including Scotland Yard. First appearing in print in 1887's ""A Study in Scarlet"", the character's popularity became widespread with the first series of short stories in ""The Strand Magazine"", beginning with ""A Scandal in Bohemia"" in 1891; additional tales appeared"
"Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes ( or ) is a fictional private detective created by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a ""consulting detective"" in the stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, forensic science, and logical reasoning that borders on the fantastic, which he employs when investigating cases for a wide variety of clients, including Scotland Yard. First appearing in print in 1887's ""A Study in Scarlet"", the character's popularity became widespread with the first series of short stories in ""The Strand Magazine"", beginning with ""A Scandal in Bohemia"" in 1891; additional tales appeared"
"of Crime Fiction"", crime fiction from the past 100 years has generally contained 8 key rules to be a detective novel: Sherlock Holmes is British detective fiction written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The first appearance of Sherlock Holmes is at “A study in Scarlet”. At first, Sherlock Holmes did not result massive success, however starting from 1891, after published Sherlock Holmes at “Strand Magazine”, it became unquestionably popular. After Sherlock Holmes, many detective stories followed Conan Doyle’s structure and also include characters which have Sherlock Holmes characteristics. Sherlock Holmes as a series is perhaps the most popular form of"
"Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows is a mystery novel by James Lovegrove. It is a Sherlock Holmes pastiche that involves H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. It is the first book in a planned trilogy of ""The Cthulhu Casebooks"" with the second novel, ""Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities"", having been released in November 2017 and the third, ""Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex Sea-Devils"", in November 2018. A series of mysterious deaths inspire Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson to investigate the criminal element of the East End of London. Their investigation leads to crime"
"Sherlock Holmes (1965 TV series) Sherlock Holmes (alternatively Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes) is a British series of Sherlock Holmes adaptations for television produced by BBC between 1965 and 1968. This was the second screen adaption of Sherlock Holmes for BBC Television. Set in the Victorian era, Sherlock Holmes is a brilliant consultant detective, as well as a private detective. He is consulted by the police and by other private detectives to aid them in solving crimes. He also takes private cases himself, and his clients range from paupers to kings. His deductive abilities and encyclopedic knowledge help him"
"Maurice Leblanc Maurice Marie Émile Leblanc (; ; 11 November 1864 – 6 November 1941) was a French novelist and writer of short stories, known primarily as the creator of the fictional gentleman thief and detective Arsène Lupin, often described as a French counterpart to Arthur Conan Doyle's creation Sherlock Holmes. Leblanc was born in Rouen, Normandy, where he was educated at Lycée Pierre-Corneille. After studying in several countries and dropping out of law school, he settled in Paris and began to write fiction, both short crime stories and longer novels. The latter, heavily influenced by writers like Gustave Flaubert"
"Adaptations of Sherlock Holmes The stories of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle were very popular as adaptations for the stage, and later film, and still later television. The four-volumes of the ""Universal Sherlock Holmes"" (1995) compiled by Ronald B. De Waal lists over 25,000 Holmes-related productions and products. They include the original writings, ""together with the translations of these tales into sixty-three languages, plus Braille and shorthand, the writings about the Writings or higher criticism, writings about Sherlockians and their societies, memorials and memorabilia, games, puzzles and quizzes, phonograph records, audio and video tapes, compact discs, laser discs,"
"The Boy Sherlock Holmes The Boy Sherlock Holmes series of novels, by Shane Peacock, are the childhood exploits of the famous fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. All are published by Tundra Books simultaneously in Canada and the U.S. (and appear in other countries and languages, including China, France, Vietnamese, Indonesia, and Spain). ""Eye of the Crow"" was selected as a ""Booklist"" ""Top Ten in Young Mysteries"" and was a winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Juvenile Crime Fiction. ""School Library Journal"" called the series ""spellbinding"" and stated that ""Younger YAs will be captivated by Shane Peacock’s ""The Boy Sherlock Holmes,"""
"Sherlock Holmes (2009 film) Sherlock Holmes is a 2009 mystery period action film based on the character of the same name created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The film was directed by Guy Ritchie and produced by Joel Silver, Lionel Wigram, Susan Downey, and Dan Lin. The screenplay, by Michael Robert Johnson, Anthony Peckham, and Simon Kinberg, was developed from a story by Wigram and Johnson. Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law portray Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson respectively. Set in 1890, eccentric detective Holmes and his companion Watson are hired by a secret society to foil a mysticist's"
"""The Hollow"", published in 1946). Part V ""The Literature of Sherlock Holmes..."" contains 81 entries (numbers 4965 through 5045). Included are, of course, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle himself, the originator of Holmes and the author of the 60 Holmes stories (56 short stories and four novelas). Also represented are a host of writers, some well-known from their works in other fields, and others little known to the general public but recognized by Sherlockian scholars as having made notable contributions to the Holmesian literature. Among the former are Isaac Asimov, the renowned science-fiction writer; the Roman Catholic clergyman Ronald Knox; and"
"2011. Arthur Conan Doyle's ""Sherlock: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"",with an introduction by Mark Gatiss, followed on 27 October 2011. Three books ""Sherlock: Sign of Four, Sherlock: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes"" and ""Sherlock: The Hound of the Baskervilles"" with introductions by Martin Freeman, Steve Thompson and Benedict Cumberbatch were released on 29 March 2012. In autumn 2012, BBC Books has published ""Sherlock: The Casebook"" as a hardback gift guide, revisiting all the mysteries solved throughout the TV series. BBC Books BBC Books (also formerly known as BBC Publishing) is an imprint majority owned and managed by Penguin Random House"
"Detective: Sherlock Holmes"". The series is written by Christopher Sequeira with covers by Academy Award winning artist Dave Elsey. In 2010, Boom! Studios published a four-part series entitled ""Muppet Sherlock Holmes"" which featured Gonzo as Holmes, Fozzie Bear as Dr. Watson, and Kermit the Frog as Inspector Lestrade. In 2013, ""New Paradigm Studios"" began publishing a monthly, ongoing series entitled ""Watson and Holmes."" The series re-imagines Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson as living in the 21st Century and living in Harlem. It has been estimated that Sherlock Holmes is the most prolific screen character in the history of cinema. The"
"Sherlock Holmes (2013 TV series) Sherlock Holmes () is a Russian television crime drama series based on the Sherlock Holmes detective stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, and was aired in November 2013. Some of the stories have never been adapted before. It stars Igor Petrenko as Sherlock Holmes and Andrei Panin as Doctor John Watson. Eight episodes have been produced, while the first episode was aired in late 2013. This is the last film role of Andrei Panin, who died before he was able to complete the dubbing of his lines as Dr. Watson. However, they were able to finish"
"the Detective. In short, it is difficult to establish who was the first to write the English-language detective novel, as various authors were exploring the theme simultaneously. In 1887, Arthur Conan Doyle created Sherlock Holmes, arguably the most famous of all fictional detectives. Although Sherlock Holmes is not the original fiction detective (he was influenced by Poe's Dupin and Gaboriau's Lecoq), his name has become a byword for the part. Conan Doyle stated that the character of Holmes was inspired by Dr. Joseph Bell, for whom Doyle had worked as a clerk at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. Like Holmes, Bell"
"from then until 1927, eventually totalling four novels and 56 short stories. All but one are set in the Victorian or Edwardian eras, between about 1880 and 1914. Most are narrated by the character of Holmes's friend and biographer Dr. Watson, who usually accompanies Holmes during his investigations and often shares quarters with him at the address of 221B Baker Street, London, where many of the stories begin. Though not the first fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes is arguably the best known, with ""Guinness World Records"" listing him as the ""most portrayed movie character"" in history. Holmes's popularity and fame are"
"David Stuart Davies David Stuart Davies (born 1946) is a British writer. He worked as a teacher of English before becoming a full-time editor, writer, and playwright. Davies has written extensively about Sherlock Holmes, both fiction and non-fiction. He is the editor of ""Red Herrings"", the monthly in-house publication of the Crime Writers' Association. Johnny Hawke is removed from the army after a rifle explodes in his face and he loses an eye. Offered a desk job with the police, Johnny sets up as a private investigator in London. When asked to investigate the disappearance of a young woman things"
"in Holmes, leading him to amass a collection of thousands of books about the detective. He practices law in the fields of tax, estate planning, and business in Los Angeles, California. He lives in Malibu, California, with his wife Sharon Flaum Klinger, who is a dealer in first-day-covers, their dog Jenny and their cat Mr. Giles. Leslie S. Klinger Leslie S. Klinger (born May 2, 1946 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American attorney and writer. He is a noted literary editor and annotator of classic genre fiction, including the Sherlock Holmes stories and the novels ""Dracula"" and ""Frankenstein"" as well"
"forensics and the use of reasoning in detective work was the popularity of the fictional character Sherlock Holmes, written by Arthur Conan Doyle in the late 19th century. He remains a great inspiration for forensic science, especially for the way his acute study of a crime scene yielded small clues as to the precise sequence of events. He made great use of trace evidence such as shoe and tire impressions, as well as fingerprints, ballistics and handwriting analysis, now known as questioned document examination. Such evidence is used to test theories conceived by the police, for example, or by the"
"a series of novels"". All have won Junior Library Guild of America Premier Selection Awards. The series as a whole has garnered more than 40 awards, nominations, and honors. The Boy Sherlock Holmes The Boy Sherlock Holmes series of novels, by Shane Peacock, are the childhood exploits of the famous fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. All are published by Tundra Books simultaneously in Canada and the U.S. (and appear in other countries and languages, including China, France, Vietnamese, Indonesia, and Spain). ""Eye of the Crow"" was selected as a ""Booklist"" ""Top Ten in Young Mysteries"" and was a winner of the"
"Sherlock Holmes (video game series) Sherlock Holmes is a series of adventure games developed by Frogwares. The game is based on Arthur Conan Doyle's ""The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"", featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. John H. Watson. While the franchise is based on ""The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"", each game has an original plot and storyline. Each game in the series lets the player control Holmes or Dr. Watson from either a first-person or third-person perspective. This adventure game series mainly consists of puzzles to solve during the course of the game, both by the use"
"Sherlock Holmes (2010 film) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, also known simply as Sherlock Holmes, is a British-American 2010 steampunk mystery film directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg and produced by independent American film studio The Asylum. It features the Sherlock Holmes characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, though it follows an original plot. The film details an unrecorded case in which eccentric detective Holmes and his companion Dr. Watson investigate a series of unusual monster attacks and a plot to destroy London. Gareth David-Lloyd plays Dr. John Watson and Ben Syder, making his film debut, plays Sherlock Holmes."
"of Sherlock Holmes"", edited by Peter Haining; and ""The Uncollected Sherlock Holmes"", compiled by Richard Lancelyn Green. In terms of writers other than Conan Doyle, authors as diverse as Anthony Burgess, Neil Gaiman, Dorothy B. Hughes, Stephen King, Tanith Lee, A. A. Milne, and P. G. Wodehouse have all written Sherlock Holmes pastiches. Notably, famed American mystery writer John Dickson Carr collaborated with Arthur Conan Doyle's son, Adrian Conan Doyle, on ""The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes"", a pastiche collection from 1954. In 2011, Anthony Horowitz published a Sherlock Holmes novel, ""The House of Silk"", presented as a continuation of Conan"
"the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes"", was published in 1958 and was followed by ""The London of Sherlock Holmes"" and ""The World of Sherlock Holmes."" Harrison was awarded the Occident Prize for ""Weep for Lycidas"" (1934), was named Duke of Sant Estrella by the Kingdom of Redonda (1951), and was named Irregular Shilling by The Baker Street Irregulars of New York (1964). He was a member of the Society of Authors, Crime Writers Association, Baker Street Irregulars of New York, and the Sherlock Holmes Society of London. Michael Harrison (writer) Michael Harrison (25 April 1907 – 13 September 1991) was the"
"Canon of Sherlock Holmes Traditionally, the canon of Sherlock Holmes consists of the 56 short stories and four novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In this context, the term ""canon"" is an attempt to distinguish between Doyle's original works and subsequent works by other authors using the same characters. The traditional canon—usually capitalized by aficionados of the Sherlockian game as ""the Canon""—consists of four novels and 56 short stories. The description of these 60 adventures as the Sherlock Holmes canon and the game of applying the methods of ""Higher Criticism"" to it was started by Ronald Knox as a"
"Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities is a mystery novel by James Lovegrove. It is a Sherlock Holmes pastiche that involves H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. It is the second book in a planned trilogy of ""The Cthulhu Casebooks"" with the first novel, ""Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows"", having been released a year previously. 15 years after the events of the ""Shadwell Shadows"", Holmes and Watson are notified that an American is being held at Bethlem Royal Hospital who was continually writing the same three phrases in R'lyehian. A search for his identity"
"Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities is a mystery novel by James Lovegrove. It is a Sherlock Holmes pastiche that involves H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. It is the second book in a planned trilogy of ""The Cthulhu Casebooks"" with the first novel, ""Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows"", having been released a year previously. 15 years after the events of the ""Shadwell Shadows"", Holmes and Watson are notified that an American is being held at Bethlem Royal Hospital who was continually writing the same three phrases in R'lyehian. A search for his identity"
"from Hell"" and ""Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac"" from 1994 until his death in 2007. ""O Xangô de Baker Street"" (1995) tells the comic story of Sherlock Holmes's visit to Brazil, invited by the emperor Dom Pedro II, to solve the disappearance of a Stradivarius violin which becomes a hunt for a serial killer. Larry Millett has written six books and a short story featuring Holmes solving mysteries in Minnesota. Michael Mallory has written more than two dozen short stories and two novels featuring ""Amelia Watson,"" the second wife of Dr. Watson. These are not pastiches so much as"
"which he created The Library of St. John the Beheaded as a meeting place for the worlds of Sherlock Holmes and ""Doctor Who"". The first book in the 'Young Sherlock Holmes' series – """" – was published in the United Kingdom in June 2010 (February 2011 in the United States), with the second – """" – published in the United Kingdom in November of that year (with a United States publication date under the title ""Rebel Fire"" of February 2012). The third book – """" – was published in June 2011 in the UK while the fourth book – ""Fire"
"221B Baker Street 221B Baker Street is the London address of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, created by author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In the United Kingdom, postal addresses with a number followed by a letter may indicate a separate address within a larger, often residential building. Baker Street in the late 19th century was a high-class residential district, and Holmes' apartment would probably have been part of a Georgian terrace. At the time the Holmes stories were published, addresses in Baker Street did not go as high as 221. Baker Street was later extended, and in 1932 the Abbey"
"The games are a commercial success. The series has sold 4 million copies on PC alone as of 2012. Sherlock Holmes (video game series) Sherlock Holmes is a series of adventure games developed by Frogwares. The game is based on Arthur Conan Doyle's ""The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"", featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. John H. Watson. While the franchise is based on ""The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"", each game has an original plot and storyline. Each game in the series lets the player control Holmes or Dr. Watson from either a first-person or third-person perspective. This"
"together and published as a book, ""The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"" on 14 October 1892 by George Newnes, the publisher of ""The Strand Magazine"". The initial print run of the book was for 10,000 copies in the United Kingdom, and a further 4,500 copies in the United States, which were published by Harper Brothers the following day. All of the stories within ""The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"" are told in a first-person narrative from the point of view of Dr. Watson, as is the case for all but four of the Sherlock Holmes stories. The ""Oxford Dictionary of National Biography"""