As is fairly well known, author Arthur Conan Doyle grew to dislike his creation Sherlock Holmes, and
As is fairly well known, author Arthur Conan Doyle grew to dislike his creation Sherlock Holmes, and would eventually attempt to kill him off in 1893 story The Adventure of the Final Problem, where the detective seemingly falls to his death fighting his enemy Professor Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland.What is less well known is that Doyle’s mum was actually a fan of Holmes herself, and he would have actually killed off the character years earlier if it wasn’t for her insistance that he not do so.Regardless, ACD would eventually revive Holmes in the serialised story The Hound of the Baskervilles (1901-02), which took place before his supposed death, before properly revealling he was alive in 1903′s the Adventure of the Empty House, where Holmes revealled he faked his death to throw off Moriarty’s henchmen before travelling to Tibet, Persia, and France solving mysteries and such.The Swiss town of Meiringen, which is located near to Reichenbach Falls, has had a steady flow of tourists over the past century or so due to the Holmes connecting, including a lot of people who dress as the characters and visit locations mentioned in the short story. -- source link
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