Author | William S. Baring-Gould |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Mystery novels |
Publisher | Bramhall House |
Publication date | 1962 |
Media type | Print ( hardback and paperback) |
Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street: A Life of the World's First Consulting Detective is a 1962 novel by William S. Baring-Gould. The book purports to be a biography of Sherlock Holmes. [1] It is considered to be the "definitive" biography of Sherlock Holmes. [2]
Some aspects of the book were loosely based on the life of Baring-Gould's paternal grandfather, Sabine Baring-Gould. [3] Many of the theories put forth by Baring-Gould have become accepted knowledge about Sherlock Holmes, [2] such as the full name "William Sherlock Scott Holmes", [2] which is used in the film Sherlock Holmes in New York starring Roger Moore [4] and the episode " His Last Vow" from series 3 of the BBC television series Sherlock. [5] Other details established by Baring-Gould, such as Professor Moriarty being Holmes' childhood mathematics tutor, [6] that Holmes was once an actor, [7] and the continuing affair and one-night stand with Irene Adler, leading up to the birth of a son (who is implied in the book to be Nero Wolfe), [8] have continued to be a part of the Great Game and have been used in other Sherlockian pastiches. [6] The book also offers one of the earliest versions of Sherlock Holmes meeting Jack the Ripper. [9]
Five years later in 1967, Baring-Gould would go on to publish The Annotated Sherlock Holmes, which would also be considered definitive, [10] [11] at least until Leslie S. Klinger published The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes in 2004–2005. [12] [13] Baring-Gould used many biographical details that he invented in Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street for his two annotated volumes. [11]
Author | William S. Baring-Gould |
---|---|
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Mystery novels |
Publisher | Bramhall House |
Publication date | 1962 |
Media type | Print ( hardback and paperback) |
Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street: A Life of the World's First Consulting Detective is a 1962 novel by William S. Baring-Gould. The book purports to be a biography of Sherlock Holmes. [1] It is considered to be the "definitive" biography of Sherlock Holmes. [2]
Some aspects of the book were loosely based on the life of Baring-Gould's paternal grandfather, Sabine Baring-Gould. [3] Many of the theories put forth by Baring-Gould have become accepted knowledge about Sherlock Holmes, [2] such as the full name "William Sherlock Scott Holmes", [2] which is used in the film Sherlock Holmes in New York starring Roger Moore [4] and the episode " His Last Vow" from series 3 of the BBC television series Sherlock. [5] Other details established by Baring-Gould, such as Professor Moriarty being Holmes' childhood mathematics tutor, [6] that Holmes was once an actor, [7] and the continuing affair and one-night stand with Irene Adler, leading up to the birth of a son (who is implied in the book to be Nero Wolfe), [8] have continued to be a part of the Great Game and have been used in other Sherlockian pastiches. [6] The book also offers one of the earliest versions of Sherlock Holmes meeting Jack the Ripper. [9]
Five years later in 1967, Baring-Gould would go on to publish The Annotated Sherlock Holmes, which would also be considered definitive, [10] [11] at least until Leslie S. Klinger published The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes in 2004–2005. [12] [13] Baring-Gould used many biographical details that he invented in Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street for his two annotated volumes. [11]