Sherlock Holmes and The Adventure of the Ruby Elephants (27 page)

Acknowledgements

To Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and to the creator of the invaluable website www.victorianlondon.org

I would also like to thank Simon Hetherington for his expert advice and for sharing his knowledge and passion for all things Sherlock Holmes. All mistakes that remain of course, are all my own. Thank you to my publisher, Steve Emecz and to Bob Gibson for the terrific cover design.

The game of chess played by Holmes and the Maharajah was inspired by a real match from 1890 between Francis Joseph Lee and Joseph Henry Blackburne.

Love and thanks to Maria, Polly, Noah and Martha, my friends and family.

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