Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street
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In this fictional biography of Sherlock Holmes, Baring-Gould makes his attempt at unraveling and chronicling Holmes' sometimes mysterious life. The book begins with a short history of Holmes' childhood and family, all of which comes from Baring-Gould's imagination and a few tantalising scraps of information from Canon. It matches nicely with what we already know of Holmes, fleshing out his character and adding motive for his eccentricities and habits as an adult.Baring-Gould continues by covering Holmes and Watson's first meeting and Holmes' earliest cases, much of which is quoted directly from Canon. Baring-Gould also goes on to describe Holmes' brush with Jack the Ripper in 1888, an interesting but not wholly satisfying account.The longest departure from Canon - and the silliest and most unlikely bits - come during Holmes' disappearance after his plunge over Reichenbach Falls with Moriarty. Baring-Gould tells of Holmes re-meeting Irene Adler, with whom he has a love affair and a son (who grows up to be the
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*福尔摩斯家族的一位祖先曾经对一位来访者宣称：“我的农场！”（My Croft!）其庄园和土地由此得名迈克罗夫特（Mycroft）。土地的名字后被用于命名西格•福尔摩斯的长兄及其次子。
那是一八五四年的五月。一年多以后，恼怒的西格福尔摩斯再也忍受不了单调的田园生活，于一八五五年七月七日带着全家大小登上了汽船“乐多”号。他们要穿过比斯科海湾，前往波尔多；经由波尔多转往波城，在哪儿的布鲁塞尔广场买下一栋公寓，度过了冬天。
他很快便发现艾德勒诺顿的生活并不如意。帅气的诺顿原形毕露，现出卑鄙无耻的一面——作为一个男人，他是个酗酒成性的暴徒；作为一个律师，他是个肆无忌惮的讼棍。艾琳被迫重返戏院舞台——她那微不足道的积蓄几乎瞬间便被她所谓的“丈夫”夺取挥霍了。
“若艾德勒小姐愿赏脸与一位老熟人共进晚餐，他必定会倍感荣幸。
毫无疑问，福尔摩斯之所以早早退休，应当是由于在一九〇三年十月八日，周二，艾琳艾德勒的去世。
当其他一切可能性都已被否定，不管剩下的是什么，不管剩下的多么不可能，都一定是真相。
1946.10.31 周六 詹姆斯·莫里亚蒂出生在英格兰西部的未知城镇。他有两个哥哥，都很莫名其妙地叫了詹姆斯这个名字。
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