Who is Holmes? The world's most famous detective? A drug addict
with a heart as cold as ice? A millstone around the neck of his
creator? He's all of these things and much, much more. Sherlock
Holmes was the brainchild of Portsmouth GP Arthur Conan Doyle. A
writer of historical romantic fiction, Doyle became unhappy that
the detective's enormous success eclipsed his more serious
offerings. But after attempting to wipe him out at the Reichenbach
Falls in Switzerland, Doyle was faced with a vociferous backlash
from the general public and eventually he had no choice but to
bring his sleuth back from the grave to face more puzzling
mysteries. While not strictly speaking 'canonical', Holmes'
deerstalker, curved pipe and cries of 'Elementary, my dear Watson!'
have been immortalised in countless stage, film, television and
radio productions. An iconic fictional creation, inseparable from
his partner-in-crime Dr John Watson, Sherlock Holmes has charmed
and fascinated millions of people around the world since his first
appearance over a century ago. He is one of English literature's
finest creations.
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