221B Baker Street is the London address of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, created by author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Baker Street in Holmes’ time was a high-class residential district, and Holmes’ apart...
The Reichenbach Falls (Reichenbachfall) are a series of waterfalls on the River Aar near Meiringen in the Canton of Bern in central Switzerland, Europe. They have a total drop of 250 metres (820 ft). At 90 metre...
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes is the final set of twelve Sherlock Holmes short stories (56 total) by Arthur Conan Doyle first published Strand Magazine October 1921 – April 1927. Copyright end is year 1980 Canad...
Mycroft Holmes is a character in the stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. He is the elder brother of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes. Possessing inductive powers exceeding even those of his younger brother, Mycroft ...
Professor James Moriarty is the archenemy of Sherlock Holmes, a fictional detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Moriarty is a criminal mastermind whom Holmes describes as the “Napoleon of crime.” Doy...
The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of 13 Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1903-1904, by Arthur Conan Doyle. This was the first Holmes collection since 1893, when Holmes had “died” in ...
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1894, by Arthur Conan Doyle.
The Valley of Fear is the fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is based on the real life exploits of the Molly Maguires and Pinkerton agent James McParland. The story was first publishe...
Irene Adler is a fictional character featured in the Sherlock Holmes story “A Scandal in Bohemia” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, published in July 1891. She is one of the most notable female characters in the Sherlo...
John H. Watson, M.D., known as Dr. Watson, is a character in the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Watson is Sherlock Holmes’s friend, assistant and sometime flatmate, and he is the first person narr...