Michael Robertson is an American author best known for the writing of the Baker Street Letters series of novels. Robertson lives in San Clemente, California where he works for a huge American conglomerate with offices across England the United States. He has always been fascinated by Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes series of novels which he was reading by the time he was only eight years old. In the 1970’s he started watching the Nigel Bruce/Basil Rathbone movies which also influenced his later writing. While he is inspired by Sherlock Holmes, the novels in the Baker Street Letters series are not about Sherlock but rather about people who write letters to him. They also do not copy the Conan Doyle style of writing even though a legacy of the …show more content…
Michael is a trained screenwriter whit several one act plays to his name. Nonetheless, his first attempt at a full length screenplay also had something to do with letters sent to Sherlock Holmes though it was in a format very different to his Baker Street novels. He wrote the script in 1982 and managed to pitch it to a few Hollywood producers though he never managed to get anyone interested enough. Making no headway in Hollywood he quit and went to find a real job. It was only much later that he decided to write his stories in novel format that he at last found success with the Baker Street Letters in 2009. Following the publication of the first novel in 2009, Warner Brothers optioned the series for a television adaptation just before the novels hit the …show more content…
They have just secured the lease of 221B Baker Street in London. They have no idea it once belonged to the legendary detective until they read the small print on the contract. The lease agreement requires that they answer all letters addressed to Sherlock Holmes in form letter. One letter that catches their attention is one about a geological surveyor in Los Angeles that goes missing after mapping out a proposed subway route. His eight year old daughter wrote a letter to Sherlock Holmes, believing him to be the only person that could help in tracking down her father or what happened to him. The letter causes quite the stir at the law offices of Nigel and Reggie. Nigel takes it upon himself to investigate the case rather than file and reply to it as instructed. Things turn even more interesting when Reggie discovers a dead body in Nigel’s office soon after he departs from California. The two cases are somehow connected and it is now up to Reggie to try to solve a case that even the original Sherlock Holmes would have loved to
Jarrod J. Rein is an eighteen-year-old with dark brown hair and brown eyes to match the brown arid dirt of Piedmont, Oklahoma. His skin is a smooth warm tan glow that opposes his white smile making his teeth look like snow. Standing a great height of six foot exactly, his structure resembles a bear. He is attending Piedmont high school where he in his last year of high school (senior year). He is studying to be a forensics anthropologist. Also he is studying early in the field of anatomy to be successful in his profession. While not always on the rise for knowledge Jarrod’s swimming for his high school. In a sense it’s like you see double.
Terry Blair was born on September 16, 1961, he is a known American serial killer in, Kansas City, Missouri, where he killed and raped more the seven women. He grew up in a family where he’s mother had a ninth grade education and suffered from a mental illness. Blair’s family had many encounters with the police, as he was growing up. While Blair was in prison his brother Walter Blair Jr. offered a man to kill Katherine Allen for $6,000 so she couldn’t appear at his rape trial. Terry admitted to abducting the girl and taking her to an empty lot and shooting her, Walter was imprisoned for the murder and executed in 1993. On March 27, 2008 a judge found Terry guilty for the murders of the six women, the women’s bodies were found in the Prospect Avenue corridor in 2003 and 2004.
“Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha). There they crucified him, and with him two others—one on each side and Jesus in the middle,” (John 19:17-18). Jesus Christ’s valiant life was terminated with a horrendous execution. Tom Robinson’s did as well. He lived his life in the name in the name of others, helping everyone that he could, going out of his way to save people, even Judas, who would betray him. Tom did this aswell, constantly assisting Mayella, she who would betray him in court. Jesus had followers who believed in his message, just as Tom had believers in his innocence. Jesus and his followers would face persecution, just as Tom and hisi believers would. The judgements and death sentences of Jesus and Tom would make them become martyrs. The Martyrdoms would be essential for their causes. Many aspects of Tom Robinson’s life and death
Arthur Conan Doyle's Stories and Their Undying Appeal When the Sherlock Holmes books were written, London was rife with croime. The slums, especially, were victims to prostitution, murder and drug abuse. Jack the Ripper was free on the streets, making many people scared. The police couldn't catch him so the public resented the police force as they weren't seen to be protecting them. I think that this is one of the reasons why the Sherlock Holmes stories were so successful.
The 1980s were a different time period. People start getting better ideas and those ideas were advancing history. A major thing that was part of the 1980s were vehicles. Vehicles were people's transportation. Vehicles were advancing at that time in the 80s some of the first production car were being introduced to fuel injection. Cars were starting to evolve and high horsepower started becoming a factor as well. Movies were another big part of the 80s because graphics and actors were becoming better.
Over the years since Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created the character Sherlock Holmes and wrote a collection of stories of the detective, there have been many television adaptations of his Sherlock Holmes stories. Currently in the 21st century there are two most commonly watched, a Sherlock, BBC version of Sherlock Holmes, and Elementary, US version of Sherlock Holmes. Most of whom have read the stories have read them when they were college students, but after reading the book they wonder which version is best to watch in hope that one is true to what they read. After watching BBC Sherlock and Elementary I noticed they are different in many ways based on adaptation, characters, Sherlock and Watson, and fidelity, but only one is true and best to watch for readers of the original.
After concluding the role of Sherlock Holmes as a detective in the story of the Speckled Band, I know that he was one of the most famous detectives in the world, and he bought into the world of detectives different skills and abilities, also, bought his own natural talent and set some very high standards, which detectives these days find
Mysteries have always held great fascination for the human mind, not least because of the aura that surrounds them and the realm of the Unknown into which they delve. Coupled with the human propensity of being particularly curious about aspects which elude the average mind, the layer of intrigue that glosses over such puzzles makes for a heady combination of the literary and the popular. In the canon of detective fiction worldwide, no detective has tickled the curious reader’s imagination and held it in thrall as much as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes. The 221-B, Baker Street, London ‘amateur’ detective combines a rare blend of intellectual prowess and sharp wit to crack a series of baffling riddles.
which Sherlock Holmes was hired to retrieve and the letter Ms. Irene Adler leaves in her wall safe
The book I am reading is called Sherlock Holmes, written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This book is realistic fiction because Holmes uses real-life clues to help solve his mysteries, for example, how a girl died on her wedding night. It’s “just right” for me because there aren’t too many hard words, and I find mystery stories interesting. Like Dr. Watson, the narrator, “it has always intrigued me about how Holmes uses deductions.” The main figures in this series of short stories are Dr. Watson and Holmes.
Sherlock Holmes was, and still is, a consulting detective. He was brilliant, and had a knack for solving difficult cases. In the short story The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle, he introduces himself. “My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people don't know.” (Doyle). In the original stories, however, Sherlock was not just a brilliant detective; he was also a musician and boxer. His companion, Dr. John Watson, was an army doctor who served in Afghanistan. The two meet in the novel A Study in Scarlet. They share a flat in London, 221B Baker Street, and solve multiple mysteries together. The public loved the stories for many reasons. First, the stories were shorter than many novels of the time period, and were also published ...
In “The Red Headed League” Holmes shows he is truly a great detective by changing personalities to handle the suspects. He uses sarcasm, intelligence, his ability to appear calm and relaxed, sense of humour and of course his deductive and observant mind. In this story, however, he mainly uses his observant mind and sense of humour. ‘Until the comical side of the affair so completely over-topped every other consideration that both burst out into a roar of long laughter.’
In the rest of the essay I will analyse the structure of the stories, the social aspects of the stories and the character of Holmes himself. I will use examples and quotes from the stories "The Man With The Twisted Lip," "The Speckled Band," "The Boscombe Valley Mystery," "The Red-Headed League" and "The Noble Bachelor. " In the 19th Century the Victorians views on many things were different. This includes the police force.
221B Baker Street, is where a well-known detective resides. Sherlock Holmes, born in 1854, started his career as a private eye after college when a colleague’s father inspired him to do so. He worked alone for a number of years employing agents and using informants. Later on, he accepted a roommate Dr. Watson. Eventually, they become good friends and crime solving partners. Sherlock Holmes was not only an influential and respected detective, as well as, a good friend, but also a well-read fictional character in British literature.
The very essence of any detective story is the mystery. Unlike murder mysteries, which have a lot in common with detective stories, Holmes's problems are not invariably as severe as homicide. These mysteries are not usually insignificant though, and "Often they have to do with theft or murder" (Adventures). The first mystery may be an important and confusing conundrum, but there is often a more worthy case that presents itself after the first has commenced. This adds a level of intrigue to the tale because "The first story leads towards dissolution, the second towards restoring order" (Horsley). In each adventure, someone has been or is in danger of being wronged by another person, and comes to Sherlock for help. This creates "A clear and unambiguous triangle of characters - the investigator, the victim, and the transgressor" (Horsley). All of this is incorporated into the author's puzzle.