The Hound Of The Baskervilles – A Sherlock Holmes Reader

The Hound Of The Baskervilles – A Sherlock Holmes Reader is written by Nick Reekie. Presented as a colour paperback, it combines Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s original novel with an extensive educational supplement.

Key details

• Author: Nick Reekie
• Format: colour paperback
• Pages: 198
• ISBN: 9781804240472

Synopsis

Designed for a new generation of Sherlockians aged nine to ninety-nine, this volume pairs Conan Doyle’s text with a wide-ranging companion section built to encourage exploration and participation. Alongside reference-style features such as a who’s who, location lists and a Victorian timeline, it includes guided activities including writing tasks, research exercises, a crossword puzzle and question-and-answer work.

The supplement also offers background on Queen Victoria, Victorian childhood, transport and travel, Scotland Yard and the Metropolitan Police Force, plus a guide to Sherlock Holmes’ London and a history of Holmes on stage, screen and radio. An original audio play for four aspiring young actors and material on colourful characters from the Holmes canon complete a reader aimed at both younger readers and long-standing fans.

About the author

Nick Reekie first encountered Sherlock Holmes at the age of eight, when his father brought home bound volumes of The Strand Magazine. Further reading followed, alongside a gramophone record from the 1954 radio series starring Sir John Gielgud as Holmes and Sir Ralph Richardson as Watson, and a cinema visit to see The Hound of the Baskervilles starring Peter Cushing and Andre Morell, which remains his favourite Holmes film.

Reekie describes this book as his homage to Sherlock Holmes, and notes that the original illustrations took years to complete, with a single image taking up to two months to fully render. He lives with his wife, Barbara, in Southfields, London.

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