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The Case Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Musgrave Ritual
The Case Files of Sherlock Holmes The Musgrave Ritual Author:Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Whose was it? His who is gone. Who shall have it? He who will come. So begins the strange Ritual of the Musgraves, a catechism whose meaning has been lost to generations of the familyuntil the death of a butler and the disappearance of a maid lead Sir Reginald Musgrave to bring the case before Sherlock Holmes. The Musgrave Ritual' is the... more » first of The Case Files of Sherlock Holmes', a series which will examine each of Holmes's cases through the eyes of leading Sherlockian and Doylean writers. In addition to examining previous scholarship relating to the case, the contributions to this volume include examinations of the chronology of the story, Conan Doyle's possible sources, illustrators, master/servant relationships, media adaptations, and the Universal film Sherlock Holmes Faces Death'; and a startling new theory regarding the identity of Brunton's accomplice is also advanced. Once more, for Sherlockians everywhere, the game is afoot!« less