"Elementary! A unique guide to the world's most famous detective" - cover.

Do you know Conan Doyle's original name for Sherlock Holmes? The real-life inspiration for Holmes? Who created the visual image most of us have of the great detective? Whom Jeremy Brett first played? (Clue: it wasn't Sherlock Holmes.) Sherlock Holmes is everywhere, like the air we breathe. His deerstalkered image peers from ads in the Yellow Pages, from the signs for neighborhood crime watch patrols, from billboards. He long ago transcended the boundaries of nineteenth-century London. Holmes is alive to millions throughout the world in books, on film, on television, and over the Internet. For the more casual reader of the timeless tales by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Sherlock Holmes is a psssst from the shadows, an index finger suspended in mid-air gesturing you to come, take a closer look. With nearly 200 illustrations, this Companion will let you in on the world of Holmes and the loyal, ever-dignified, Dr. Watson; the London of their day; the great players who have made the part of Sherlock Holmes the role (for better or worse) of a lifetime; and so much more. For the more serious devotee, this volume is a new verse of an old and cherished love song. It offers a postmodern analysis of Watson's complex relationship with the great detective and contends that Holmes, typically perceived as a humorless, self-denying ascetic, is actually quite the bon vivant. With many lesser-known facts, unexpected insights, and fresh observations, the Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Sherlock Holmes is perfect for reading or browsing, the book for all visitors to 221B Baker Street. - Back cover.

"With nearly 200 illustrations, this Companion will let you in on the world of Holmes and the loyal, ever-dignified, Dr. Watson; the London of their day; the great players who have made the part of Sherlock Holmes the role (for better or worse) of a lifetime; and much more."--BOOK JACKET. "For the more serious reader, this volume is a new verse of an old and cherished love song. It offers a postmodern analysis of Watson's complex relationship with the great detective and contends that Holmes, typically perceived as a humorless, self-denying ascetic, is actually quite the bon vivant."--BOOK JACKET. "With many lesser-known facts, unexpected insights, and fresh observations. The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Sherlock Holmes is perfect for reading or browsing, the book for all visitors to 221B Baker Street."--Jacket.

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