Literary History

Several works by Poul Anderson including, most importantly, his Time Patrol series, refer to Sherlock Holmes. The Time Patrol series even incorporates Holmes as a character conversing with Manse Everard. It is therefore appropriate to report that we are staying at Cromer Country Club in Norfolk where we are told that:

"Allegedly, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle thought of the idea of The Hound Of The Baskervilles after hearing of the Black Shuck legend whilst playing golf at Royal Cromer (he was staying at the Royal Links Hotel, the Hotel once standing on the site of the Resort)."

("The Resort" means the Club.)

A year ago, some of us were on holiday in a city where Prince Rupert fought during the Civil War. The year before that, we visited two places of literary interest, one of them Andersonian. For further remarks on living with history, see here.

Today, a walk on the cliff reminded me of the Sherlock Holmes story, "The Adventure of the Lion's Mane," although that is set in Sussex.