Daniel Smith / Ardlamont Mystery The Real-Life Story Behind the Creation 2019

Description: The Ardlamont Mystery: The Real-Life Story Behind the Creation of Sherlock Holmes Author: Daniel Smith Title: The Ardlamont Mystery: The Real-Life Story Behind the Creation of Sherlock Holmes Publication: Michael O'Mara Books, 2019 Description: Hardcover. New tightly bound hardcover in new dust jacket. 8vo. (6 x 1.1 x 9 inches) Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. Includes bibliography, index, and photo plates. 256 pp.Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. New / New. December 1893. Arthur Conan Doyle shocks his legions of fans by killing off the world's favorite fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes. Meanwhile, in Scotland, a sensational real-life murder trial is playing out. Alfred Monson, a scion of the aristocracy, is charged with killing a young army lieutenant, Cecil Hambrough, on the sprawling Ardlamont estate. The worlds of crime fiction and crime fact are about to collide spectacularly. Among the key prosecution witnesses were two esteemed Edinburgh doctors, Joseph Bell and Henry Littlejohn. Bell--Doyle's tutor when the author studied medicine in the 1870s--had recently been unmasked as the inspiration behind the creation of Sherlock Holmes. But what the public did not know was that Bell and Littlejohn--a pioneer in the emerging field of forensic detection--had actually been investigating crimes together for more than 20 years. Littlejohn deserves equal billing as the prototype of Baker Street's most famous resident. This book re-examines the evidence of the case that gripped Victorian Britain, putting forward his own theory as to why Cecil Hambrough was murdered. Outlining the key roles of the men whose powers of deduction and detection had so inspired Doyle, Smith explores the real-world origins of Sherlock Holmes through the prism of a mystery as engrossing as any case the Great Detective ever tackled. Seller ID: 101086 Subject: Books on Books, British History, Law, Literature The Anthropologists Closet offers a wide variety of non-fiction academic books that are hard to find. We have been in business since 2014. Terms All orders ship within two business days. All items are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

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