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    The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes [Revised Edition]

    By Vincent Starrett

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    Originally published in 1933, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes was one of the first pieces of Sherlockian scholarship to appear on the scene.

    This edition is Vincent Starrett’s revised 1960 work, with two of the chapters previously published now substantially rewritten for the present edition—including ending the book with a pastiche—and it is this volume that now sits on the shelves of many a Sherlockian.

    Well-written, insightful and informative, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes is a must-read for anyone interested in the field of Sherlockian research.

    “The greatest book about Sherlock Holmes that has ever been written.”—Dr. Julian Wolff, The Baker Street Irregulars

    “A masterpiece! No one can surpass it for richness of phrase, depth of observation, and superb sardonic delight.”—Christopher Morley

    “Vincent Starrett has done more than any other historian to capture the deep philosophical and poetic truth that lies behind the saga of Sherlock.”—Will Oursler

    “The best piece of work written on the most memorable fictional detective.”—Ben Hecht

    “A wry, thoroughly authoritarian and extremely fascinating chronicle.”—Carl Sandburg

    “My father would approve…”—Adrian Conan Doyle
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHauraki Publishing
    Release dateOct 21, 2016
    ISBN9781787201347
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    The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes [Revised Edition]
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    Vincent Starrett

    Vincent Starrett (1886–1974) was a Chicago journalist who become one of the world’s foremost experts on Sherlock Holmes. A books columnist for the Chicago Tribune, he also wrote biographies of authors such as Robert Louis Stevenson and Ambrose Bierce. A founding member of the Baker Street Irregulars, Starrett is best known for writing The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1933), an imaginative biography of the famous sleuth.

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