Biographic: Sherlock

by Viv Croot

Many people know that Sherlock Holmes was an enigmatic detective who, with his companion Dr. Watson, pursued criminals through Victorian and Edwardian England. What, perhaps, they don't know is that he investigated 60 fully documented cases, including 37 murders; that 46 of those cases began in his offices at 221B Baker Street; that only three of them involved his nemesis Moriarty; and that in his later years Holmes spent his time beekeeping on the Sussex Downs. Biographic Sherlock presents an investigative guide to his life and work, with an array of clues and observations converted into infographics to reveal the detective behind the detection.

Genres: Nonfiction, Biography

96 pages, Hardcover

Published March 1, 2019

Reviews

[Dina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ha sido muy divertido y repleto de curiosidades como a mí me gusta!!

[Kris (My Novelesque Life) · Rating 4 out of 5]

RATING: 4 STARS
2019; Ammonite PressIndependent Publishers Group
(Review Not on Blog)

I love this cute book. It has all you could want to know about Sherlock Holmes in a fun layout. It is a handy reference guide as you learn about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his Holmes stories.

***I received an eARC from EDELWEISS***

[Antía S · Rating 4 out of 5]

Me ha parecido un libro super entretenido de leer. Cortito pero con todo lo necesario para conocer al mejor personaje de la novela policíaca de forma esquematizada. Condensa gran parte de los detalles de la vida del personaje en una serie de gráficas e ilustraciones muy fáciles de interpretar.

[Zulfiya · Rating 4 out of 5]

A book in one go!

The Sherlockian world keeps expanding more and more, and this is a new take on it - a book of charts, facts, diagrams, and stats.
The value of the book is its novelty as it looks at the Sherlock "estate" from the view of how many, how often, how widespread, how long, etc.

Despite pie charts and bar charts, the book was quite entertaining. I would recommend this book to those readers who have read all stories and novels or the bulk of those, so all these diagrams will make sense.
They definitely made sense to me; they actually made enjoyable sense to me ...

[Siri Olsen · Rating 4 out of 5]

What can I say? I see Sherlock Holmes book, I buy Sherlock Holmes book, I read Sherlock Holmes book, I like Sherlock Holmes book. Biographic Sherlock is easily read and contains virtually no new information for anyone more than marginally acquainted with the stories, but everything is presented through pretty graphics, illustrations and graphs and I did find it a very entertaining read despite almost all of the information being completely redundant. I also find myself frequently using the book as reference material, since it offers brief and easily processed statistics, adaptation recommendations and the like. A pleasant addition to any Sherlockian's library.

[Ally · Rating 3 out of 5]

My parents bought me this series for Christmas and I have now at this point read through all of it. I do think that this was not the most interesting book out of the series but was still a good read. The books are infographics so it is not a full read but is overflowing with information about the person it is describing. Overall, a decent book and a good series.

[Natalia . · Rating 5 out of 5]

Muy entretenido y con datos curiosos. Presentado una forma muy original y fácil de leer.

[RalleyRagnarok · Rating 3 out of 5]

Educational, lots of back story on Doyle and Sherlock. Some graphics seemed a little dry.