Sherlock Holmes holds a singular place in the canon of English popular fiction. From inauspicious beginnings in an obscure 19th-century catchpenny magazine, Arthur Conan Doyle's remarkable character has developed into a universally familiar figure with a global following. It seems everyone has heard of Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street. Investigating Sherlock Holmes takes a fresh look at that world, recreating the time, place and people through meticulous new illustrations, maps and engravings, historical photographs, and period ephemera. Alongside drawings that richly reconstruct Holmes' Baker Street milieu are news stories and images, adding up to an illuminating, immersive view of Sherlock Holmes and his era.