Mary Russell’s World
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Video of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle talking about Sherlock Holmes
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A Russell and Holmes Timeline
Spring 1915—Mary Russell meets the Beekeeper and becomes his Apprentice
December 1918—February 1919— Oh, Jerusalem! It’s cold in Palestine…
December 1920—Russell is drawn into a Monstrous Regiment of women
August 1923—Dorothy Ruskin brings them a Letter of Mary
September 1923—Rev Sabine Baring-Gould calls them to the Moor
November 1923—the Duke of Beauville invites them to Justice Hall
January 1924—Mycroft sends them to India to play The Game
May 1924 — They jump ship in San Francisco and end up in Locked Rooms
(June 1924 — Russell ventures south while Holmes practices The Art of Detection)
August 1924 — Home at last, struggling to learn The Language of Bees until…
September 1924 — when they meet The God of the Hive
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Book Excerpts
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And to talk with others…
Look in on Russell’s own web site,
Or the RUSS-L Yahoo group.
And some Holmes groups friendly to Russell are here and here.
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