Winner of the Agatha Award for best nonfiction work
A finalist for the Edgar Award for best critical/biographical work
A finalist for the Anthony Award for best critical/nonfiction work
A finalist for the Macavity Award for best mystery-related nonfiction work
Everyone knows Sherlock Holmes. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created a unique literary character who has remained popular for over a century and is appreciated more than ever today. But what made this fictional character, dreamed up by a small-town English doctor in the 1880s, into such a lasting success, despite the author’s own attempt to escape his invention?
In From Holmes to Sherlock, Swedish author and Sherlock Holmes expert Mattias Boström recreates the full story behind the legend for the first time. From a young Arthur Conan Doyle sitting in a Scottish lecture hall taking notes on his medical professor’s powers of observation to the pair of modern-day fans who brainstormed the idea behind the TV sensation Sherlock, from the publishing world’s first literary agent to the Georgian princess who showed up at the Conan Doyle estate and altered a legacy, the narrative follows the men and women who have created and perpetuated the myth. It includes tales of unexpected fortune, accidental romance, and inheritances gone awry, and tells of the actors, writers, readers, and other players who have transformed Sherlock Holmes from the gentleman amateur of the Victorian era to the odd genius of today. Told in fast-paced, novelistic prose, From Holmes to Sherlock is a singular celebration of the most famous detective in the world—a must-read for newcomers and experts alike.
"In 'From Holmes to Sherlock', Mattias Boström recreates in novelistic prose the full story behind Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's legendary detective and his many incarnations--a real-life narrative of success, tragedy, and family secrets that has never been previously told in its entirety. Beginning with a young Conan Doyle having a runaway success in the popular Strand Magazine, Boström then skillfully follows the men and women who have perpetuated and recast the Sherlockian myth over the decades. From the actors who became famous for their personifications of Holmes to Conan Doyle's own sons, who desperately wanted to make big business of the detective, to the pair of modern-day fans behind the TV sensation Sherlock, Boström's account is a singular celebration of the most famous detective in the world as he transforms from the gentleman amateur of the Victorian era to the odd genius today.
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