Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The miracle of Sherlock Holmes is that for twenty-five pounds in 1887, Conan Doyle created a truly universal and immortal literary figure. Sherlock Holmes is a household word in virtually every country in the world. A few of Shakespeare''s characters are nearly that well known, probably Hamlet and Macbeth. Other possible rivals include Robinson Crusoe, Dracula, Tarzan, and James Bond, but beyond t...