THE MAKING OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
Well-researched study of Holmes's investigative practices in relation to newly developing 19th-century theories of criminology and forensics.
Well-researched study of Holmes's investigative practices in relation to newly developing 19th-century theories of criminology and forensics.
First printing of this biography of the famed Victorian thief and criminal mastermind Adam Worth, generally believed to have been the model for Doyle's Moriarty.
Rare Victorian guide to the principles of detection, as practiced in British-administrated India by an investigator of the Calcutta Police Detective Department.
Solid reprint edition of Roberts's influential essay on a point of biographical minutiae regarding John H. Watson, M.D.