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Michael HardwickThe Revenge of the Hound (1987) As they return from Lausanne, Holmes tells Watson of his visit to Buckingham Palace where, in light of a planned visit to America, the King is keen to have Holmes retrieve a compromising letter from Mrs Glanvill. A Chinese steward is murdered on their ferry, but Holmes arranges with White Mason to let the murderer go free. When they arrive back in London they find Gregson investigating the decapitation of a statue of Charles II. Holmes sends Watson to retrieve the King's letter, and Watson finds himself spending the night at Lord Belmont's country home. He arrives back in London to be dragged back to Hampstead by Holmes, where he learns that the hound case is connected to the shipboard murder, before they visit the fair and view a body in Highgate Cemetery. Watson provides the key to linking their other cases into the picture. They take a wolf to a "funeral" and attend a revolutionary gathering in a crypt before bringing all the threads together to resolve the case. Watson's fiancée reveals the contents of the King's letter. |
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Sherlock Holmes: My Life and Crimes (1984) Story Type: Autobiography / Pastiche narrated by Holmes Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson; Stamford; Victor Trevor; Trevor, Sr.; Reginald Musgrave; Dr. Verner; the most winning woman; Mycroft Holmes; Professor Moriarty; Mrs. Hudson; railway porter; Peter Steiler, the elder; Swiss boy; Von Herder; Colonel Moran; Inspector Lestrade Historical Characters: Karl Marx; Allan Pinkerton; William Pinkerton; Robert Pinkerton; Ievno Azeff; the Margrave of Hess; the Margrave's family Other Characters: Librarians; Montague Street landlady; young woman; young man; hostess; host; the most winning woman's aunt; Diogenes porter; Diogenes members; Frau Steiler; waiter; secretary of the Technische Hochschule; violinist; orchestra; castle usher; chief of police; policemen; castle flunkeys; Rauber; plain-clothes detectives; prison governor; naval officers; Whitehall civilians; Jock; captain; Sir George; signaller; Admiral; sentries Date: 1891-1894 (Main storyline) Locations: Holmes's Sussex Villa; Bart's; Donnithorpe; Christ Church College, Oxford; Cambridge; Montague Street; British Museum Reading Room; Hurlstone Manor; Chicago; 221B, Baker Street; Stoke Moran; The Diogenes Club; Victoria Station; Watson's home; a train; Canterbury; Brussels; Strasbourg; Rhône Valley; Gemmi Pass; Interlaken; Meiringen; The Englischer Hof; Lucerne; Basle; Karlsruhe; the Technische Hochschule, the Margrave's Schloss; Munich; Von Herder's shop; Karlsruhe Police headquarters; jail cell; a German train; Tower Bridge; Piccadilly Circus; Baker Street; Portland Prison; Portland Harbour; Weymouth Bay Story: Holmes tells of his early cases, including time spent in Chicago with the Pinkertons, and his early romantic involvements. After dealing with the early part of his career and time with Watson he goes on to tell of the true events surrounding the Reichenbach incident. Holmes receives a summons to the Diogenes Club from Mycroft. On arriving he finds that his brother is accompanied by Moriarty, and insists that the two rivals must work together. Holmes & Moriarty stage their own deaths at Reichenbach, for Watson to report to the world. Together, they travel to Karlsruhe to investigate German advances in radio technology. After a year of working together, Moriarty begins to start acting suspiciously and Holmes notices him coming out of the shop of Von Herder, the blind gunsmith. After they are forced to leave Germany, Moriarty, who is working on the secrets they have uncovered, reveals that his lieutenant, Colonel Moran, is on his trail. |
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Michael & Mollie HardwickThe Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970) 1887: Returning home from investigating the murder of Admiral Abernetty in Yorkshire, Holmes is driven to make a dramatic choice between the companionship of Watson or cocaine. 1885: Holmes and Watson are sent tickets to a performance by the Imperial Russian Ballet. Petrova, the prima ballerina puts a proposal to Holmes regarding the fathering of her child. Holmes' solution to the problem does not meet with approval from Watson, ruining his evening. Holmes gains a violin from the incident. 1888: A young woman, saved from the river, is brought to Baker Street by a cabby. Holmes learns that she is Gabrielle Valladon, looking for her missing husband, the inventor of a new kind of air pump. The trail leads to an empty shop and a cage of canaries, and thence to the Diogenes Club, where Mycroft warns Holmes off the case. Acting on a lead overheard from Mycroft, Holmes, Watson and Gabrielle travel to Scotland, where they stay near Loch Ness. A visit to a cemetery reveals the location of a troupe of midgets missing from a circus, and the fate of Gabrielle's husband. Watson sees the Loch Ness Monster. A visit to Urquhart Castle reveals the destination of the canaries from London, along with a delivery of sulphuric acid. A boat trip on the Loch is interrupted by another appearance of the monster. On their return to the hotel Holmes and Watson and a bottle of champagne receive a summons to the castle, where Holmes's deductions regarding the monster are confirmed, but where he learns more than he wants to know about Gabrielle, and meets a very gracious lady. Back at Baker Street some months later Holmes receives sad news from Yokohama, and Lestrade asks him to investigate the Ripper murders in Whitechapel but is sent away by Watson. |
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