The Life and Death of Sherlock Holmes: Master Detective, Myth and Media Star New

NEW Books from family run Booksellers. \n\nOur carefully selected titles are in stock and posted in either cardboard packaging or other protective envelopes. As stock holding booksellers, each book is packed by us direct from our shelves.\n\nEverybody knows about Sherlock Holmes, the unique literary character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who has remained popular over the decades and is more appreciated than ever today. But what made this fictional character, dreamed up by a small-town English doctor back in the 1880s, into such a great success? This is the fascinating and exciting tale of the man and people who created the Holmes legend.\nThe book was winner of the Best Non-fiction Award by The Swedish Crime Writers' Academy 2013 and shortlisted for The Great Non-Fiction Book Prize (Sweden's biggest non-fiction award) in Sweden 2013.