Questing was Sherlock Holmes’s business.
He famously adopted the
latest forensic techniques
, channelled the
Victorian passion for enquiry
, kept abreast of the
key scientific breakthroughs of his age
, and conducted his investigations in an enigmatic and stylised manner. And the brains behind it all was, of course, the great
Arthur Conan Doyle
.
In this deep dive into the contemporary world of Holmes and Conan Doyle, biographer Andrew Lycett
explores all that encompasses the world of the great detective
– tracing the infamous character’s own interests, personality and
mythologised biography
alongside that of his creator’s.
From the Victorian crazes for detection and séance, to contemporary developments in science and psychology, Lycett weaves together everything that inspired Conan Doyle in
creating the world’s most famous detective
and one of fiction's
most enduring, enigmatic and recognisable characters