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Timothy West Count Dracula …. In “The Adventure Of The Empty House”, he claims to have spent the following three years in hiding from enemies. That didn't sit well with me and could have easily presented differently to match what Holmes' creator had already established. The Hound of Baskervilles.

When Dracula’s narrative leapt into the modern age, some fans were disappointed at the noticeable lack of Benedict Cumberbatch. And the last sixty pages or so really gripped me. So there is no surprise but it's entertaining to read.

He is a great-grandson of John Abbott, who was Canada's third Prime Minister... Estleman does an excelent job of copying the good Doctor's (Dr. Doyle that is) writing style and you need to be able to appreciate that fact.This Sherlockian pastiche pits the great detective against Count Dracula in a sort of "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" approach that sees Holmes and Watson operating parallel to the plot of the Stoker novel, interacting with it only indirectly and infrequently.
The title sounds campy but don't let that throw you off.
While this prevents the ultimate Victorian buddy-cop relationship of Holmes and Van Helsing, it does allow this novel to read more like a Holmes story and less like a patch job of disparate styles. He is the only child of Isabella Mary (Abbott), a secretary to the Dean of Sciences at McGill University, and John Orme Plummer, who sold securities and stocks. I definitely would recommend this book to every one else out there to read if you like reading Sherlock Holmes`stories.

A one-stop shop for all things video games. SHERLOCK HOLMES VERSUS DRACULA A play for radio by Glyn Dearman from the writings of John H. Watson, MD, as edited by Loren D. Estleman The Baker Street sleuth takes on the sanguinary Count. Jonny Lee Miller (sometimes credited with an H) was born on November 15, 1972, in Kingston, England, UK, to actors Anna Lee and But it always just strikes me as a modern thing.First off, let me just say that it always tickles me to death that people were writing fanfiction in the 70s (and getting it published!) The two characters were basically fictional contemporaries, as far as that goes.

The BBC's latest version of Holmes' adventures, Sherlock, was co-created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss who are also the minds behind this latest Dracula.

The book gave very vivid details just as if you were reading one of Sir Authur Conan Doyle's stories. The model takes into account factors including the age of a rating, whether the ratings are from verified purchasers, and factors that establish reviewer trustworthiness. The Holmes-Dracula File - A cross over with Sherlock Holmes. I was hook after the first few pages.

He’s a bit more involved in this than he was in I have become a fan of the author, Loren D. Estleman because he can craft renewed and fresh stories by combining existing tales and fleshing out his characters. It was a pleasant hear though at some moments the sound was not stable, I know you should be able to distinguish the distance and so on, however there were moments where I had to turn the volume to the top and suddenly drop it to be able to hear everything.

Add to the confounded confusion - Van Helsing, Dracula and the lot!Listened to the BBC audio of Sherlock Holmes vs Dracula where John Moffatt is playing Holmes, who incidentally also did the voiceover for Poirot. An avid reader and fan of writing, she leverages her love of literature to dissect movies in her favorite genres, including horror, rom-coms, and superhero movies.

Nicol Williamson was an enormously talented actor who was considered by some critics to be the finest actor of his generation in the late 1960s and the 1970s, rivaled only by However, it stayed true to Bram Stoker's version of Dracula - especially that Dracula could be out in daylight.I loved this! Dramatization of the book by BBC Radio. Please try your request again later. Please try again. Born August 5th, 1887 in England, Reginald Owen was among Hollywood's busier character actors, making more than 80 films.

Since his creation in 1897, Dracula's popularity has endured, and like Sherlock Holmes himself... has become a household name in pop culture. Rupert James Hector Everett was born in Burnham Deepdale, Norfolk, to Sara (Maclean) and Anthony Michael Everett, a Major in the British Army, who later worked in business. The book has since been republished by I-Books a… The coolest book I've ever read.When a schooner arrives in Whitby with all hands missing bar the dead captain amidst reports of a wild dog being seen leaving the vessel, a journalist calls on Sherlock Holmes to investigate.I'm usually not interested in remakes/adaptations of this sort, but Estleman's This is the second book about Holmes and Dracula I've read, and unlike Fred Saberhagen's attempt, Estleman does an excellent job of making the two characters and their worlds work together.

fun read, but I still prefer the Conan Doyle stories. Basil Rathbone was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1892, but three years later his family was forced to flee the country because his father was accused by the Boers of being a British spy at a time when Dutch-British conflicts were leading to the Boer War. Not bad, but not stellar; come to this if you're a fan of Doyle and Stoker and don't mind seeing another author trample about in that sandbox.Surprisingly good! The only complaint I have, which prevents me from giving it 5 stars, is that this book contradicts the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "Sussex Vampire" where Waton was a believer of the supernatural and Holmes wasn't - in this book it's the reverse. For some reason, no-one believes this is a real book until I shove it under their nose. So there is no surprise but it's entertaining to read. The story flowed similar to the `Hound of Baskervilles`` book.

The two characters were basically fictional contemporaries, as far as that goes.