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#THIF - Thank Holmes It's Friday 2023 - Week 12

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#THIF - Thank Holmes It's Friday 2023 - Week 12

Week 12 - Thank Holmes It's Friday 2023 Please use the contact us form, quote #THIF 12-2023 and let us know which country you are from. Please only ask for books you don't already have.  3 from 5 books this week please - ratings on Amazon really critical for us guys so please if you like the book post a rating - if you love it and are able to add a review that would be amazing.     Upon a Nation's Honour - A Sherlock Holmes Adventure   Memoirs from Mrs. Hudson's Kitchen   The Premier Batchelor - A Modern Sherlock Holmes Story...

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Sherlock Sunday - Gayle Puhl

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Sherlock Sunday - Gayle Puhl

It's a great week for Kickstarters.  Just launched - The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories. Also running: A Study In Illustrations Volume 4 Sherlock Holmes and A Question of Time. The Recollections of Sherlock Holmes   Every Sunday we like to share a particular writer or a theme.  This week's author is Gayle Puhl. Please use the contact us form, quote #Sherlock Sunday Puhl and let us know which country you are from.  Please check your library so you don't ask for books already have (codes are hard to re-allocate).   Sherlockian Stories and Studies   Sherlock Holmes and the Folk Tale Mysteries, Book...

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Sherlock Book Review - Jeremy Brett, Playing A Part

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Sherlock Book Review - Jeremy Brett, Playing A Part

Canadian Holmes - Bootmakers of Toronto  Whittaker transcends a simple chronology of Brett's career by documenting it with primary sources, hundreds of photographs and unique insights in the the classically trained, superb actor. There is a personal foreword from David Burke, Brett's first Watson. The section devoted to Brett's Sherlock Holmes is a tour de force. Whittaker knows the Canon, and provides astute and scholarly insight into Brett's interpretation. Stephen Fry perhaps best sums up Jeremy Brett's portrayal of Holmes.  "I have no doubt that a few performances in the history of television drama were as perfect, as passionate, exquisitely...

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#THIF - Thank Holmes It's Friday 2023 - Week 11

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#THIF - Thank Holmes It's Friday 2023 - Week 11

Week 11 - Thank Holmes It's Friday 2023 Some great campaigns running on Kickstarter this week. Arthur Hall's new collection Recollections of Sherlock Holmes and Glenn Searfoss's time travel Sherlock Holmes: A Question of Time We continue our quest to give away hundreds of Sherlock Holmes audio codes each week and this week we have a brand new short story - A Ghost From Christmas Past. It's our first story from The Art of Sherlock Holmes project. The book cover is made from the painting created by Nune Asatryan. You can see all 56 pieces of art from the project in The Art...

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Sherlock Sunday - Paul Gilbert

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Sherlock Sunday - Paul Gilbert

It's a great week for Kickstarters.  Just launched - Sherlock Holmes and A Question of Time. The Recollections of Sherlock Holmes and three days left on Sherlock Holmes: The Affair at Mayerling Lodge.   Every Sunday we like to share a particular writer or a theme.  This week's author is Paul Gilbert. Please use the contact us form, quote #Sherlock Sunday Gilbert and let us know which country you are from.  Please check your library so you don't ask for books already have (codes are hard to re-allocate). Brand new this week is: The Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes: The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes, Book...

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