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The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Whitechapel Horrors Free FREE THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES: WHITECHAPEL HORRORS PDF Edward B. Hanna | 208 pages | 29 Oct 2010 | Titan Books Ltd | 9781848567498 | English | London, United Kingdom The Whitechapel Horrors - Edward B. Hanna - Google книги Grotesque murders are being committed on the streets of Whitechapel. Sherlock Holmes comes to believe they are the skilful work of one man, a man who earns the gruesome epithet of Jack the Ripper. As the investigation proceeds, The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Whitechapel Horrors realizes that the true identity of the Ripper puts much more at stake than just catching a killer…. When you The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Whitechapel Horrors a book, we donate a book. Sign in. The Best Books of So Far. Hanna By Edward B. Hanna Best Seller. Oct 26, ISBN Add to The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Whitechapel Horrors. Also available from:. 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Here Hanna imagines the characters anew, while maintaining the integrity of Conan Doyle's originals. Grotesque mu Edward B. Grotesque murders are being committed on the streets of Whitechapel. Sherlock Holmes comes to believe the murders are the skillful work of one man, a man who earns the gruesome epithet of Jack the Ripper. As the investigation proceeds, Holmes realizes that the true identity of the Ripper puts much more at stake than merely catching a killer - the most fundamental British institutions may very well be threatened. He is faced with the most difficult decision he has ever made, a crisis of conscience that shakes him to his very core. Holmes must decide where his allegiance truly lies - with his code of honor as a detective and champion of justice, or with his strong feelings of patriotism and love of England. Hanna vividly evokes the atmosphere of Victorian London in all its great and sordid details: the gaslight lamps and hansom cabs, the rain in the streets, the smell of poverty, the people and their language, dress, and habits. The Whitechapel Horrors is vintage Holmes, a ripping good mystery worthy of the great detective and his eminent creator. You're sure The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Whitechapel Horrors feel as though you are in the actual presence of the great sleuth, himself, and you will delight in this wonderful addition to the Watson chronicles. Get A Copy. Hardcoverpages. More Details Original Title. The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Jack the RipperSherlock Holmes. London, EnglandUnited Kingdom. Other Editions 7. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about The Whitechapel Horrorsplease sign up. Be the first to ask a question about The Whitechapel Horrors. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of The Whitechapel Horrors. Aug 01, Jayson rated it liked it Shelves: genre-historicalsubject-jack-the-rippergenre-mysteryera-victoriansubject-sherlock-holmesauthor-americangenre-detectiveppread-in The Ripper crimes matter only as vehicle for a postmodernist exploration of Sherlockiana. View all 7 comments. Feb 06, F. One of the most crucial elements in the original Sherlock Holmes stories is the narration. Having Watson present, witnessing events and then capturing the quicksilver genius of Holmes in his sharp and unfussy prose, is of course massively important to the success of the tales. As proof of this, see those later stories which Conan-Doyle had Holmes narrate. They are amongst the weakest. The good Doctor is of The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Whitechapel Horrors a reader substitute, there to have these wonderful deductions explained to him an One of the most crucial elements in the original Sherlock Holmes stories is the narration. The good Doctor is of The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Whitechapel Horrors a reader substitute, there to have these wonderful deductions explained to him and make everything clear. This decision unbalances the book right from the start. Yes, we get to know more of his habits and about his weariness at the end of the day, but seeing these private corners of the man is a bit like a magician showing the mechanics of his tricks. They are a team after all. Hanna clearly liked to play The Game, whereby Holmes fans treat these adventures as real and The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Whitechapel Horrors them to the Victorian calendar. There are extensive notes at the end of the book, reminiscent of a Flashman novel, which show how much research the novelist has gone into. Unfortunately, what emerges the other side is some awfully pedestrian prose and some clunking expository dialogue, all leading up to a disappointingly weak ending. Given their closeness in proximity, Jack the Ripper and The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Whitechapel Horrors Holmes are natural rivals, I just wish someone would produce a sharper telling of the tale. Hanna plays at "What If? Who could doubt it? And what if he had investigated the horrible murders committed by Jack the Ripper? For surely, the Great Detective would have been called in on such a notorious case. There is no doubt that Hanna knew his Holmes. He was a long-time Holmes buff and a member of the Baker Street Irregulars. And he most definitely had done his research in Ripper lore. Though a work of fiction, the novel is meticulously footnoted. Those who are well-acquainted with the Holmes canon may say, too much footnoting--he chooses to footnote material that anyone who knows the least bit about Holmes and Watson should know--but better too much than not enough. Hanna has used the Holmes canon and the facts of the terrible murders in and blended them into a dandy little tale. And it is very interesting to follow Holmes on the track of one of the most notorious killers of all time. Almost pages long, the book flies by I finished it in a little over the day and I didn't want to put it down until I got to the end. Hanna gets almost everything right. I quibble with bits of his portrayal of Watson--I maintain that the doctor is too good-hearted to espouse some of the derogatory comments and prejudicial beliefs Hanna attributes to him. Yes, some of the comments about the poor and certain races living in London were true of the day--but surely Hanna could have presented those details without putting them in the mouth of the good doctor. The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Whitechapel Horrors does in a lot of ways represent the stalwart British man of his time, but not in all ways. My other quibble is the ending--or rather the lack thereof. It is very disquieting to follow Holmes throughout the story and be left hanging at the end. We aren't told who the Great Detective believes Jack the Ripper to be and we are supposed to believe that at the end of the day Holmes doesn't even know. That Holmes is no more enlightened than the police. That is not the Holmes we know. Overall, a good tale. Hanna makes it very believable that Holmes could have investigated this case. And the blend of fact and fiction is very good. An enjoyable read worth three stars. Please request permission to repost any portion. I'm not really sure about this book. Oh, it was really well written indeed and well researched too. But for me there are far too many questions unanswered to be satisfied. Also the over foot notes were much too distracting as informative as they were. If I read a fictional book about the Ripper accounts and one that features Sherlock Holmes I want the killer to be identified at the end that's what's fiction is for imo. The third person narrative was also a little off putting for me.
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