The Case of Sherlock Holmes: Secrets and Lies in Conan Doyle's Detective Fiction

by Andrew Glazzard

Book Overview

Reveals the secrets and stories that lie beneath the surface of Watson's narratives
The Case of Sherlock Holmes uncovers what is untold, partly told, wrongly told, or deliberately concealed in Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes saga. This engaging study uses a scholarly approach, combining close reading with historicism, to read the stories afresh, sceptically probing Dr Watson's narratives and Holmes's often barely credible...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474431291
• ISBN13: 9781474431293
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.3"