British Detective Fiction 1891-1901: The Successors to Sherlock Holmes

by Clare Clarke

This book examines the developments in British serial detective fiction which took place in the seven years when Sherlock Holmes was dead. In December 1893, at the height of Sherlock's popularity with the Strand Magazine's worldwide readership, Arthur Conan Doyle killed off his detective. At the time, he firmly believed that Holmes would not be resurrected. This book introduces and showcases a range of Sherlock's most fascinating successors,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137595620
• ISBN13: 9781137595621
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"