“The period after the First World War was an extremely different time, so that Sherlock Holmes would have been a different person following 1918 than he was during the Victorian era.” WorldFirstsPersonsHas BeensDifferentWarPeriodsFollowingErasWar Of The WorldsHolmesVictorianDifferent TimesFirst World WarVictorian Era Author:Laurie R. King
“I was fifteen when I first met Sherlock Holmes, fifteen years old with my nose in a book as I walked the Sussex Downs, and nearly stepped on him. In my defense I must say it was an engrossing book, and it was very rare to come across another person in that particular part of the world in that war year of 1915.” WorldYearsFirstsPersonsBookWarParticularMetsDefenseNosesFifteenHolmesFifteen YearsFifteen Years Old Book:Night Work Source: Night Work
“. . . the first spring in five free from the rumour of guns across the Channel, a spring anxious to make up for the cold winter, life bursting out after four years of death. All of England raised her face to the sun. . .” YearsFirstsFacesSunFiveFourColdSpringGunEnglandRaisedWinterAnxiousFour YearsBurstingRumoursWinter ColdBursting Out Book:The Beekeeper's Apprentice: or, On the Segregation of the Queen Source: The Beekeeper's Apprentice: or, On the Segregation of the Queen
“Tell me about yourself, Miss Russel." I started to give him the obligatory response, first the demurral and then the reluctant flat autobiography, but some slight air of polite inattention in his manner stopped me. Instead, I found myself grinning at him. "Why don't you tell me about myself, Mr. Holmes?” GivingFirstsFoundAirMissingResponseFlatsAbout YourselfAutobiographyPoliteReluctantHolmesGrinningInattention Author:Laurie R. King
