Publisher's Synopsis
In 1901 the creator of the world's greatest detective visited Dartmoor in order to gather background information on what was to become the best-known detective mystery, 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'. Here Sir Arthur Conan Doyle drew upon local legends, place names and people, to populate his story, creating a work of enduring fame that is constantly retold in books, film and television. In this book we follow in the footsteps of Sherlock Holmes as he tracks the deadly hound around the moor, taking in the real places visited by the author and playing the role of sleuth ourselves in identifying the locations that provided his inspiration. To add enjoyment to the 'chase', the book traces the origins of story to Dartmoor's own legendary places, and links each to the moor's historic public houses and inns.
