In January 1904, three men were elected to a small and secretive
London-based criminological society referred to by its members as
"Our Society." Members of this society would meet at each other's
homes to discuss real-life crimes and ideas for stories. The three
men were close friends and each, in his own way, became a
successful crime writer. The first was Max Pemberton, a popular
late Victorian and Edwardian novelist, who had several bestsellers,
such as 'The Iron Pirate' to his name; the second was Bertram
Fletcher Robinson, a man of many talents, who sadly died young, and
before the full extent of these talents could be realised; and the
third, Arthur Conan Doyle. These three friends formed a creative
partnership that remains practically unique within the annals of
popular fiction. Robinson's collaboration with Doyle over 'The
Hound of the Baskervilles', belongs to literary folk lore, but
Robinson's dealings with Pemberton were likewise fruitful. During
January 1907, Robinson contracted typhoid and became terminally
ill. Shortly before he died, Robinson drafted some notes for an
adventure story and asked Pemberton to write it for him. The result
was 'Wheels of Anarchy'. It appears that Robinson and Pemberton had
discussed this tale with Doyle, but in any event, the final
narrative technique and literary devices, strongly resemble those
used by Dr. John H. Watson to chronicle the adventures of Sherlock
Holmes. Robinson, however, the Cambridge 'Varsity sportsman, and
Edwardian gentleman, lives on through both Bruce Driscoll, the
narrator and hero of 'Wheels of Anarchy', and Edward E. Malone, the
narrator and hero of Doyle's novel, 'The Lost World'. 'Wheels of
Anarchy' is not only a rip-roaring adventure story, that makes
James Bond look like a stay at home, but also a testament to the
friendship between Pemberton, Robinson and Doyle. It should engage
Sherlock Holmes fans and aficionados of the adventure and mystery
genres alike.
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