The Best and Wisest Man

De: Hamish Crawford

Narrado por: Adam Blanford

1888: Dr. John H. Watson, Army Corps surgeon turned colleague of the celebrated consulting detective Sherlock Holmes, decides not to assist in future cases as he is engaged to Mary Morstan.

1926: Mary Forrester discovers her mother's diary, covering the years 1889 to 1893 — her marriage to Watson. What occurred in those years? How was the quintessential male friendship of Holmes and Watson seen through a woman's eyes? How stable was a marriage where Watson was liable to abandon Mary at Holmes’s summons? Who, ultimately, was Mary Morstan — a figure seldom referred to in Arthur Conan Doyle’s sixty Holmes stories?

This blend of fact and fiction sheds light on a virtually unexplored dimension of the Great Detective’s exploits. It is a perspective Sherlock Holmes — who elevated “true, cold reason … above all things” — would probably not appreciate. But for all its warmth and irrationality, there is just as much truth in the heart.

©2015 Hamish Crawfor (P)2024 MX Publishing

A Tale of Two Marys

A strange tale of Sherlock Homes and Doctor Watson as told from a notebook of Mrs. Mary Watson as read by her daughter Mary, many years later.

Getting to know Mary Watson

Mary Forrester is the adult daughter of Dr. John Watson and Mary (Morstan) Watson. She found and read her mother’s diary written during the years of the Holmes / Watson adventures. It’s an interesting perspective written by Hamish Crawford. The narration by Adam Blanford is excellent.