Coverart for item
The Resource Conan Doyle detective : true crimes investigated by the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Peter Costello

Conan Doyle detective : true crimes investigated by the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Peter Costello

Label
Conan Doyle detective : true crimes investigated by the creator of Sherlock Holmes
Title
Conan Doyle detective
Title remainder
true crimes investigated by the creator of Sherlock Holmes
Statement of responsibility
Peter Costello
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Biography type
contains biographical information
Cataloging source
OCO
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Costello, Peter
Dewey number
823/.8
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
  • photographs
Index
no index present
LC call number
PR4624
LC item number
.C64 2006
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Doyle, Arthur Conan
  • Holmes, Sherlock
  • Doyle, Arthur Conan
  • Holmes, Sherlock
  • Authors, Scottish
  • Criminal investigation
  • Detectives
  • Authors, Scottish
  • Criminal investigation
  • Detectives
  • Great Britain
Label
Conan Doyle detective : true crimes investigated by the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Peter Costello
Link
Instantiates
Publication
Note
Originally published by Robinson, as 'The real world of Sherlock Holmes', 1991
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-326)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • 18
  • 4
  • By Every Post a Call for Help
  • 35
  • 5
  • Strange Studies from Life
  • 48
  • 6
  • The Mystery at Moat House Farm
  • 66
  • 1
  • 7
  • The Club of Strange Crimes
  • 71
  • 8
  • The Trail of Jack the Ripper
  • 79
  • 9
  • The Persecution of George Edalji
  • 95
  • 10
  • A Detective Calls
  • Stolen: The Irish Crown Jewels
  • 133
  • 11
  • The Langham Hotel Mystery
  • 142
  • 12
  • The Vanished Dane
  • 147
  • 13
  • Was Crippen Innocent?
  • 1
  • 150
  • 14
  • The Case of Oscar Slater
  • 153
  • 15
  • Into the Valley of Fear: Crime in America
  • 171
  • 16
  • The Bluebeard of the Bath
  • 190
  • 2
  • 17
  • The Errant Knight
  • 197
  • 18
  • Ned Kelly and Fisher's Ghost: Crime in Australasia
  • 206
  • 19
  • New Light on Old Crimes
  • 214
  • 20
  • Dr Doyle and Mr Holmes
  • Conan Doyle and the Motor-Bandit
  • 227
  • 21
  • The Strange Death of the General's Wife
  • 233
  • 22
  • Death Beside the Sea
  • 242
  • 23
  • The Crowborough Chicken Farm Murder
  • 12
  • 249
  • 24
  • The Case of the Missing Lady
  • 254
  • 25
  • The Zoo Park Murder
  • 265
  • 26
  • A Peculiar Death at Umtali
  • 276
  • 3
  • 27
  • The Cobbler and the Fish-Pedlar
  • 284
  • Epilogue: The Files are Closed
  • 289
  • The Chamber of Horrors
Dimensions
20 cm
Edition
1st Carroll & Graf ed.
Extent
x, 326 pages, [16] pages of plates
Isbn
9780786718559
Isbn Type
(pbk.)
Lccn
2007273005
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, photographs, portraits
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocm75959804
  • (OCoLC)75959804
Label
Conan Doyle detective : true crimes investigated by the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Peter Costello
Link
Publication
Note
Originally published by Robinson, as 'The real world of Sherlock Holmes', 1991
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-326)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • 18
  • 4
  • By Every Post a Call for Help
  • 35
  • 5
  • Strange Studies from Life
  • 48
  • 6
  • The Mystery at Moat House Farm
  • 66
  • 1
  • 7
  • The Club of Strange Crimes
  • 71
  • 8
  • The Trail of Jack the Ripper
  • 79
  • 9
  • The Persecution of George Edalji
  • 95
  • 10
  • A Detective Calls
  • Stolen: The Irish Crown Jewels
  • 133
  • 11
  • The Langham Hotel Mystery
  • 142
  • 12
  • The Vanished Dane
  • 147
  • 13
  • Was Crippen Innocent?
  • 1
  • 150
  • 14
  • The Case of Oscar Slater
  • 153
  • 15
  • Into the Valley of Fear: Crime in America
  • 171
  • 16
  • The Bluebeard of the Bath
  • 190
  • 2
  • 17
  • The Errant Knight
  • 197
  • 18
  • Ned Kelly and Fisher's Ghost: Crime in Australasia
  • 206
  • 19
  • New Light on Old Crimes
  • 214
  • 20
  • Dr Doyle and Mr Holmes
  • Conan Doyle and the Motor-Bandit
  • 227
  • 21
  • The Strange Death of the General's Wife
  • 233
  • 22
  • Death Beside the Sea
  • 242
  • 23
  • The Crowborough Chicken Farm Murder
  • 12
  • 249
  • 24
  • The Case of the Missing Lady
  • 254
  • 25
  • The Zoo Park Murder
  • 265
  • 26
  • A Peculiar Death at Umtali
  • 276
  • 3
  • 27
  • The Cobbler and the Fish-Pedlar
  • 284
  • Epilogue: The Files are Closed
  • 289
  • The Chamber of Horrors
Dimensions
20 cm
Edition
1st Carroll & Graf ed.
Extent
x, 326 pages, [16] pages of plates
Isbn
9780786718559
Isbn Type
(pbk.)
Lccn
2007273005
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, photographs, portraits
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocm75959804
  • (OCoLC)75959804

Library Locations

    • Central Library - 3rd FloorBorrow it
      Dallas, TX, US