{"title":"Sherlockian Author Profile Paul Ashton","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhile we were driving from Rye to Hastings in July of last year my wife noticed a car boot sale in a field by the road and we decided to stop for a look. On the stall of two brothers who make a living from house clearances in the area I spotted Sherlock Holmes’s famous \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePractical Handbook of Bee Culture. \u003c\/em\u003eHardly able to believe my good luck, I bought it for £2.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe book records Holmes’s bee-keeping activities while in retirement in East Sussex. It has always been thought that no copies of this legendary volume had survived, one of which Holmes gave to Watson on the eve of World War I, as recorded in the story \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHis Last Bow\u003c\/em\u003e. To my amazement, I found that the \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHandbook\u003c\/em\u003e is not just about bee-keeping. Holmes includes in it material about his day-to-day life in Sussex – including his marriage to Mrs. Hudson – as well as stories of investigations he undertook during the period 1904-1912, and accounts of two terrifying attempts that were made on his life. The revelations in some stories are so indiscreet that I believe Holmes had the book privately printed for circulation only among his intimate circle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI’m pleased to be able to make the text of the \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHandbook\u003c\/em\u003e generally available; I’m sure it will delight all followers of the great detective. And it contains a quite extraordinary treasure – several photographs taken by Holmes himself, four in which he actually appears, two showing Dr. Watson and one showing the recently-married Mrs. Holmes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaul Ashton, March 2017\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"practical-handbook-of-bee-culture","title":"Practical Handbook of Bee Culture - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlso available from:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Practical-Handbook-Culture-Sherlock-Holmes\/dp\/1787051242\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAmazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the summer of 2016 retired broadcaster Paul Ashton made an astounding discovery at a car boot sale in Sussex. He found a copy of Sherlock Holmes’s Practical Handbook of Bee Culture, and bought it for £2. No other copy of this legendary volume – the only book Holmes wrote – has ever come to light. The Handbook is the journal kept by Holmes from 1904 to 1912. 1904 was the year he retired from active investigation and moved to a farmhouse in East Dean. In 1912 he came out of retirement and left East Dean in order to outwit the German spy network in Britain on the eve of World War I. The journal is, of course, principally the record of his bee-keeping activities, but Holmes has also included a wealth of astonishing information – some of it highly indiscreet – about the following: - his marriage to Mrs Hudson - their social life in Sussex - his meetings with Lenin, Pablo Picasso, Edward VII, Rudyard Kipling, George Bernard Shaw and Sigmund Freud, among other distinguished figures - two investigations that he carried out, even though officially retired - two attempts that were made on his life - his involvement in the Jack the Ripper murders, the Dr Crippen affair, the theft of the Mona Lisa, and the Siege of Sidney Street - his correspondence with some of the famous scientists of the day - his active support of the Suffragette movement - the regular updating of his casebooks of famous criminals of the nineteenth century - a number of photographs, some taken by him and four actually showing him - the steady deterioration of his health over the period. Both the owner of the Handbook and the publisher are honoured to be able to make this unique treasure available to the general public. \u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Name:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSherlock Holmes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEditor: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaul Ashton\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rte product-single__description\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"meta_field\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e9781787051249\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rte product-single__description\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"meta_field\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rte product-single__description\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"meta_field\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePage count:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e276\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rte product-single__description\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"meta_field\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rte product-single__description\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"meta_field\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication-date:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 28th June 2017\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Sherlock Holmes Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31322455441523,"sku":"9781787051249","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1251\/0001\/products\/p2Rsw5LrEJoVmjg1En5H09gclaVztnQ1mvgU_JwO2ZE.jpg?v=1589636615"},{"product_id":"practical-handbook-of-bee-culture-1","title":"Practical Handbook of Bee Culture - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlso available from:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Practical-Handbook-Culture-Sherlock-Holmes\/dp\/1787051234\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAmazon\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the summer of 2016 retired broadcaster Paul Ashton made an astounding discovery at a car boot sale in Sussex. He found a copy of Sherlock Holmes’s Practical Handbook of Bee Culture, and bought it for £2. No other copy of this legendary volume – the only book Holmes wrote – has ever come to light. The Handbook is the journal kept by Holmes from 1904 to 1912. 1904 was the year he retired from active investigation and moved to a farmhouse in East Dean. In 1912 he came out of retirement and left East Dean in order to outwit the German spy network in Britain on the eve of World War I. The journal is, of course, principally the record of his bee-keeping activities, but Holmes has also included a wealth of astonishing information – some of it highly indiscreet – about the following: - his marriage to Mrs Hudson - their social life in Sussex - his meetings with Lenin, Pablo Picasso, Edward VII, Rudyard Kipling, George Bernard Shaw and Sigmund Freud, among other distinguished figures - two investigations that he carried out, even though officially retired - two attempts that were made on his life - his involvement in the Jack the Ripper murders, the Dr Crippen affair, the theft of the Mona Lisa, and the Siege of Sidney Street - his correspondence with some of the famous scientists of the day - his active support of the Suffragette movement - the regular updating of his casebooks of famous criminals of the nineteenth century - a number of photographs, some taken by him and four actually showing him - the steady deterioration of his health over the period. Both the owner of the Handbook and the publisher are honoured to be able to make this unique treasure available to the general public. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardback edition - also available in \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mxpublishing.com\/products\/practical-handbook-of-bee-culture\" target=\"_blank\"\u003epaperback\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"meta_field-author\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Name:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eSherlock Holmes\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"meta_field-author\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEditor: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003ePaul Ashton\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rte product-single__description\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"meta_field\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e9781787051232\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rte product-single__description\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"meta_field\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rte product-single__description\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"meta_field\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePage count:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e276\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rte product-single__description\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"meta_field\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rte product-single__description\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"meta_field\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication-date:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 28th June 2017\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Sherlock Holmes Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31322456555635,"sku":"9781787051232","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1251\/0001\/products\/9781787051249.jpg?v=1589636617"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1251\/0001\/collections\/9781787051249.jpg?v=1692170555","url":"https:\/\/mxpublishing.com\/collections\/sherlockian-author-profile-paul-ashton\/collection_discover.oembed","provider":"Sherlock Holmes Books by MX Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}