Sherlock Holmes's London Following the Footsteps of London's Master Detective

by Tsukasa Kobayashi, Akane Higashiyama, Masaharu Uemura (Photographer)

For those who prefer their sleuths less hard-boiled, a bit more genteel, there is always London, where Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's wily detective, Sherlock Holmes, plied his trade. In Sherlock Holmes's London, sepia-toned period prints, depicting London as it appeared in Holmes's heyday, stand side-by-side with recent photos of Baker Street and its environs as they appear today.

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction, History, British Literature, Mystery, London

128 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1986

Reviews

[LuAnn · Rating 2 out of 5]

A fan creatures book from Japan. Nicely printed book with many modern photos and some vintage, but not much text. The photos of the Holmes murals in Baker Street Station are new to me. I would prefer a book that is more thorough in connecting with all the stories, more like Charles Viney’s “Sherlock Holmes in London: a Photographic Record of Conan Doyle’s Stories” but with modern photos when appropriate (and an index).

[Robert · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting collection of photos - some dating to Holmes' time, but most of the modern-day versions of locations frequented by Sherlock or mentioned by Watson in his chronicles. Terrible captions drag down the quality of the presentation, leaning to heavily on the crutch of quotations from the stories and not providing enough actual context for the sites shown.

[A.L. Bellettiere · Rating 4 out of 5]

My review is actually mainly for the pictures that they have of the mock of Holmes sitting room, with a few scattered others. Other pictures are for if you like pictures of London or if you are a more intensive Holmes fan then I am, which I will grant if you are. They are the only reason I'm holding onto this book.

[Jdetrick · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a pretty thin volume of mostly pictures that detail both the past and present (well, a much nearer past) of London. Its not uninteresting, but its a very quick read with some pretty pictures.

[lavender · Rating 4 out of 5]

Informative! I love the pictures!

[Heather · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fun coffee table book featuring pictures of Holmes's "haunts."

[CleverBaggins · Rating 3 out of 5]

So I went to the library today with the intention of digging out some more classics to try only to stumble across some interesting Sherlock Holmes books. This one was probably great when it was published, but it's definitely dated now. It's all pictures of London with references to Sherlock throughout. The Sherlock bits are mostly useless, a few times there's nice little paragraphs about roads or places in relation to each other which is nice but most of the pictures are early 80's photos of London.

Now the bits I like are at the very beginning, a nice map of victorian London with major places marked and lots of old photos of London from Sherlock's time period. Those parts of the book I adored and would've loved to see more. If they updated this book, or just filled it full of victorian photos I'd likely buy one myself. As it is if I ever find a real cheap copy I'm likely to tear out the pages I like to keep as reference.

[Emily]

Nice photos. I've been to some of these places!

[Redgie · Rating 3 out of 5]

very cool book. i really wanna go to some of the places they featured. highly recommended for sherlockians/sherlock holmes fans.