When Percy Trevelyan went to
open up his practice, he found that he had more in brains than he
did in his pocketbook. Until a shrewd businessman came along and
made a business proposition that suited them both nicely.
All was well until that benefactor-cum-landlord met...
"forbear from crossing
the moor in those dark hours" [HOUN]
One of the most iconic characters in the Sherlock Holmes
stories is not a character at all. It's Dartmoor. As Holmes himself
said of it, "Never been there? Ah, well, I don’t suppose you will
forget your first visit.”
"Title and
money—who could carry them better than
she?" [ABBE]
We've investigated which women were influential in their own
right in the Sherlock Holmes stories, and then those who had to
work for a living. Next up, we look at women with titles. In her
article in The Sherlock Holmes Journal, Vol. 10, No.
3, Pat...
"Philosophy, astronomy, and politics were marked
at zero," [FIVE]
Sherlock Holmes called Professor Moriarty "a genius, a
philosopher, and abstract thinker" in "The Final Problem." But what
did Holmes know about philosophy? According to Watson's initial
list titled Sherlock Holmes—His Limits, his knowledge
of...
You know the plots, but what about the minutiae? We delve into the Sherlock Holmes stories and provide answers to questions that arise, clarify muddy details, and look into some of the period terminology in this weekly podcast.