Sherlock Holmes: the real history that inspired the detective stories

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🗓️ 27 December 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Sherlock Holmes is arguably the most famous fictional detective of all time. The resident of 221B Baker Street has been the subject of countless film and television portrayals, remaining a figure of fascination around the globe. But what inspired Holmes’s creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, to bring him into the world in the first place? Jon Bauckham speaks to the author and biographer Andrew Lycett about the origins of the character and what the stories reveal about Conan Doyle himself. (Ad) Andrew Lycett is the author of The Worlds of Sherlock Holmes: The Inspiration Behind the World's Greatest Detective (Frances Lincoln, 2023). Buy it now from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Worlds-Sherlock-Holmes-Inspiration-Detective/dp/071128167X#:~:text=From%20the%20Victorian%20crazes%20for,enduring%2C%20enigmatic%20and%20recognisable%20characters./?tag=bbchistory045-21&ascsubtag=historyextra-social-histboty The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:47.8	Sherlock Holmes is arguably the most famous fictional detective of all time.
0:53.3	The resident of 221B Baker Street has been the
0:56.5	subject of countless films and television portrayals, remaining a figure of fascination around
1:02.1	the globe. But what inspired Holmes' creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, to bring him into the world
1:08.4	in the first place? John Borkham recently spoke to the author and biographer Andrew Leicitt about the origins of the
1:15.7	character and what the stories reveal about Doyle himself.
1:20.2	Firstly, Andrew, thanks for joining me on the History Extra podcast today.
1:23.8	Delighted to be here.
1:25.3	Now, Sherlock Holmes is undoubtedly one of the most famous fictional creations of all time.
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