Sherlock Holmes: Inspiring Lives

ROGER JOHNSON and JEAN UPTON have been members of The Sherlock Holmes Society for many years and have both regularly contributed to its popular journal – a publication which Roger himself edits. Other Sherlockian publications they have written for include The Baker Street Journal (American), The Passengers’ Log (Australian), The Musgrave Papers (British) and The Ritual (British). Having met through a mutual long-term interest in Sherlock Holmes, Roger and Jean’s wedding was attended by Dame Jean Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s daughter. Together they are joint custodians of the 221B sitting room at The Sherlock Holmes pub in London.ROGER JOHNSON and JEAN UPTON have been members of The Sherlock Holmes Society for many years and have both regularly contributed to its popular journal – a publication which Roger himself edits. Other Sherlockian publications they have written for include The Baker Street Journal (American), The Passengers’ Log (Australian), The Musgrave Papers (British) and The Ritual (British). Having met through a mutual long-term interest in Sherlock Holmes, Roger and Jean’s wedding was attended by Dame Jean Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s daughter. Together they are joint custodians of the 221B sitting room at The Sherlock Holmes pub in London.

• TitleCopyrightContentsAcknowledgementsForewordIntroduction ‘A friend of Mr Sherlock is always welcome’1 ‘May I introduce you to Mr Sherlock Holmes?’2 ‘A singular set of people, Watson’3 ‘That mixture of imagination and reality’4 ‘Your pictures are not unlike you’5 ‘It may have been a comedy, or it may have been a tragedy’6 ‘Dramatic entrances and exits’7 ‘A well-known voice’8 ‘Actors in this drama’9 ‘Confound that whining music; it gets on my nerves!’10 ‘The old rooms in Baker Street’11 ‘I’m a believer in the genius loci’12 ‘It really is rather like me, is it not?’13 ‘That’s what puzzles me, Mr Holmes’14 ‘Most singular and whimsical’15 ‘You have been at your club all day’16 ‘A fraudulent imitation, Watson’17 ‘Maybe you collect yourself, sir’18 ‘We know the code’Bibliography ‘Several trustworthy books of reference’