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: 1 hour 25 minutes and 48 seconds
Episode Number: 101
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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.
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