Moriarty:_The_Hound_of_the_D'Urbervilles

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Moriarty: The Hound of the D'Urbervilles

2011 novel by Kim Newman

Moriarty: The Hound of the D'Urbervilles is a Sherlock Holmes pastiche novel by Kim Newman.[1]

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The novel, in the form of a series of connected stories,[2] purports to be the memoirs of Colonel Sebastian Moran[3] which detail his adventures with Professor Moriarty in what Empire Online describes as "a dark mirror for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's heroes."[4]

Reception

Publishers Weekly called it a "delightfully roguish alternate take on the Sherlock Holmes canon."[1] The Independent praised the work and compared Newman's Moran to George MacDonald Fraser's Harry Flashman.[2]

Adaptation

In July 2018, Deadline Hollywood reported that Playground Entertainment was developing an adaptation for television.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D'Urbervilles". Publishers Weekly. 30 January 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  2. [2]
    Forshaw, Barry (18 October 2011). "Moriarty: The Hound of the D'Urbervilles". The Independent. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  3. [3]
    White, Peter (23 July 2018). "'Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D'Urbervilles' Heads To The Small Screen With Playground Entertainment". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  4. [4]
    White, James (23 July 2018). "Kim Newman's Professor Moriarty Novel Will Venture To TV". Empire Online. Retrieved 20 December 2019.


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