Two SH book reviews: “Ms Holmes of Baker Street” and “The Tale Not Told”.

[sharon28]

In this post I’m going to voice some of my feelings regarding the books “Ms Holmes of Baker Street” by C. Alan Bradley, William A.S. Sarjeant and “The Tale Not Told” by Constance Wilder-Wokoun (I'm not really writing book reviews as such as I've forgotten what format you're supposed to use when writing them, it's been a long time since I did it at

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[aingeal8c]

Ooo what an interesting thought. Homles has a woman isn;t something that has occured to me before but given that he could fool Watson withhis diguises on a few occassions it would not surprise me. It could work within the canon in the right hands. Very intruguing thought.

I am of the opinion that had Fraser been a woman and Ray Vecchio the man they would no doubt have ended up married with kids. It would just...fit. Had Ray been a woman and Fraser been a woman pretending to be a man I can see the same scenario. I mean there is the whole Ms Fraser in cnaon wherein they are mistaken for a married couple. Put Fraser in a dress and that's what you get.

[sharon28]

Homles has a woman isn;t something that has occured to me before but given that he could fool Watson withhis diguises on a few occassions it would not surprise me.

I can't say it ever occurred to me before I came across the book. I expected the argument to fall down somewhere along the way, but I was surprised how well it did hold up considering the fact that Doyle never intended him to be a woman. An extract of the first few pages is available to read on amazon here:

http://www.amazon.com/Ms-Holmes-Baker-Street-Sherlock/dp/0888644159/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214174809&sr=8-1

It could work within the canon in the right hands.

It really could which is why I had such high hopes for "the Tale Not Told", but unfortunately the writer decided to work outside of the canon.

Had Ray been a womanThe problem I have with that scenario is that Fraser is afraid when any woman shows signs of

[aingeal8c]

I can't say it ever occurred to me before I came across the book. I expected the argument to fall down somewhere along the way, but I was surprised how well it did hold up considering the fact that Doyle never intended him to be a woman. An extract of the first few pages is available to read on amazon here:

http://www.amazon.com/Ms-Holmes-Baker-Street-Sherlock/dp/0888644159/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214174809&sr=8-1

WOW that has been very cleverly done. Just those few pages begin to present a very convincing argument. I loke the way they have used the excerpts from canon. The ones they oick are ones at the time I would never have read into but they are convincing.

It really could which is why I had such high hopes for "the Tale Not Told", but unfortunately the writer decided to work outside of the canon.

That's a shame.

The problem I have with that scenario is that Fraser is

[sharon28]

Just those few pages begin to present a very convincing argument.

After I read them I had to read the rest of the book to see how the rest of the arguments went. Also, I wanted to see which two instances they were referring to when they said that Holmes had twice been pregnant. Though I did guess at one of them.

I loke the way they have used the excerpts from canon. The ones they oick are ones at the time I would never have read into but they are convincing.I wouldn't have read anything into them either. It does make me wonder though if they were such odd things to say for a Victorian male, why on earth did Doyle write them? Assuming that he wasn't intending for Holmes to come across as a woman, was it just as a way of making him seem more eccentric