Join Lucy as she unearths Holmes' origins in Doyle's life as a young medical student in Edinburgh. In the early stories, she discovers the dark underbelly of late Victorian Britain and traces the author's growing disenchantment with his detective.
Duration: 54 minutes and 30 seconds
Episode Number: 101
Wed, Nov 12 | 3:00 P.M. | Doctor and Detective NH Explore (11.2) |
Sherlock Holmes is the most famous detective in the world.
He made his author, Arthur Conan Doyle, rich and famous.
But the writer came to hate his fictional character.
Through the changing world of Victorian and Edwardian Britain, Lucy Worsley explores why.
Wed, Nov 12 | 3:00 P.M. | Doctor and Detective NH Explore (11.2) |
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