Liese Sherwood-Fabre has a fresh angle on Sherlock Holmes, featuring Holmes as a wily adolescent saving his family from disaster, acclaimed by critics for its deep understanding of Holmes' life and times.

Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler, and today on Binge Reading we hear about what happened before Sherlock Holmes became the world’s greatest consulting detective, when scandal rocked the Holmes family. 

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All the links to books and topics discussed in this episode can be found in the show notes on The Joys of Binge Reading website, www.thejoysofbingereading.com.

Links In This Episode:

Early Sherlock Holmes movies with Basil Rathbone:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_(1939_film_series)

Arthur Conan-Doyle, The Captain of the Polestar:  https://www.amazon.com/Captain-Polestar-other-stories/dp/B09B1TYK9X

Sherlock’s brother Mycroft Holmes:  https://arthurconandoyle.co.uk/character/mycroft-holmes#

Murder She Wrote TV show:  https://arthurconandoyle.co.uk/character/mycroft-holmes#

Saving Hope, Liese Sherwood-Fabre: https://www.amazon.com/Saving-Hope-Liese-Anne-Sherwood-Fabre/dp/0998411213

The Daughters of Yalta:  https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9780008299736/the-daughters-of-yalta-the-churchills-roosevelts-and-harrimans-a-story-of-love-and-war/

The Bombay Prince, Perveen Mistry series:  https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/fiction/popular-fiction/The-Bombay-Prince-Sujata-Massey-9781761065248

Where to find Liese Sherwood-Fabre: 

Website:  www.liesesherwoodfabre.com

Email:  [email protected]

Facebook: @liese.sherwoodfabre

What follows is a "near as" transcript of our conversation, not word for word but pretty close to it, with links to the show notes in The Joys of Binge Reading.com for important mentions.But now, here’s Liese.

Introducing Liese Sherwood-Fabre

Jenny Wheeler: Hello there Liese, and welcome to the show. It's great to have you with us.

Liese Sherwood-Fabre: Sherlock Holmes mysteries

Liese Sherwood: Thank you so much. I'm so honored to be on your podcast. I don't know what time people will be watching this, but for me it's late afternoon and for you it's early morning, so I’m very pleased that we were able to get together.

Jenny Wheeler: That’s right, and we're on almost opposite sides of the globe. You're in Virginia, are you?

Liese Sherwood: No, I'm in Dallas, Texas.

Jenny Wheeler: I'm in Auckland, New Zealand, so it's the miracle of modern technology.

Liese Sherwood-Fabre: Isn't it? I do hope someday to make it there. I understand it's an incredible place to visit.

Jenny Wheeler: People say so. We love it. Liese, you've delved into Sherlock Holmes’ world in a great deal of detail with three highly praised non-fiction books about his life and times and now four mysteries about Sherlock when he's a young man, before he gets into his stride as a detective, before fame struck. Where did this fascination with Victorian life and Sherlock Holmes begin?

Liese Sherwood-Fabre: That's a good question. People ask me and the first thing I would say is that I recall Sherlock Holmes and knowing about Sherlock Holmes since I was little. When I was growing up there was a show on in the afternoons after school that was called Dialing for Dollars. They would show old movies. They would also make random phone calls to people, and if you could give the count and the amount – they never asked me, although I always knew it – you could win money.

Hooked on Sherlock watching old movies

I would watch the show and they had on a lot of the old Basil Rathbone movies.