The Worlds of Sherlock Holmes av Andrew Lycett

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