The Ardlamont mystery : the real-life story behind the creation of Sherlock Holmes / Daniel Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Daniel, 1976- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monson, Alfred J. (Alfred John), 1860---Trials, litigation, etc.

Monson, Alfred J.

Hambrough, Windsor Dudley Cecil, 1873-1893--Death.

Hambrough, Windsor Dudley Cecil.

Littlejohn, Henry (Henry Duncan), 1826-1914.

Littlejohn, Henry.

Bell, Joseph, 1837-1911.

Bell, Joseph.

Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930--Characters--Sherlock Holmes.

Doyle, Arthur Conan.

Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930.

Hambrough, Windsor Dudley Cecil, 1873-1893.

Monson, Alfred J. (Alfred John), 1860-.

Murder--Scotland--Argyllshire--History--19th century.

Murder.

Trials (Murder)--Scotland--Edinburgh--History--19th century.

Trials (Murder).

History.

Death.

Scotland--Edinburgh.

Scotland--Argyllshire.

Physical Description:

254 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Michael O'Mara Books Limited, 2018.

Summary:

The Ardlamont murder trial, which took place in Edinburgh's High Court in December 1893, was the culmination of one of the most intriguing criminal cases in British legal history. But perhaps more remarkable than that was that it brought together the two principal real-life inspirations behind the creation of the world's favourite fictional consulting detective: Sherlock Holmes. Joseph Bell and Henry Littlejohn were Professors of Medicine at Edinburgh University. As educators, medical trailblazers and social reformers, the two friends were pioneers in the emerging world of forensic science, and both were called as expert witnesses at the Ardlamont murder trial. Under their tutelage had been a young student named Arthur Conan Doyle. He had served as an assistant to Bell, where he was able to scrutinise at first-hand Bell's remarkable deductive powers. In fact, Conan Doyle went on to say of Bell: 'It is most certainly to you that I owe Sherlock Holmes'.

Contents:

1 The Holmes Connection p. 15

2 Fates Entwined p. 32

3 A Gentleman and a Scoundrel p. 40

4 A Tangled Web p. 50

5 Partners in Crime-Fighting p. 68

6 The Body in the Woods p. 83

7 An Exact Science p. 96

8 The Third Man p. 106

9 A National Sensation p. 119

10 Two Men in a Boat p. 135

11 The Smoking Gun p. 145

12 A Second Opinion p. 158

13 The Element of Doubt p. 166

14 The Jury Returns p. 178

15 For a Sheep as a Lamb p. 190

16 The One that Got Away p. 202

17 A Dog with a Bad Name p. 212

18 The Veiled Lover p. 223.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-246) and index.

ISBN:

1782438459

9781782438458

OCLC:

987893480