In Search of Professor Moriarty
4 Extra Debut. The known facts about the great detective's nemesis. An extract from HRF Keating's 1979 biography of Holmes. Read by Alan Moore.
An excerpt from HRF Keating's 'Sherlock Holmes - The Man and His World' where we learn about the background of the great detective's nemesis - the 'Napoleon of Crime' - Professor James Moriarty.
Despite being a fictional character, Sherlock Holmes warranted this biography, first published in 1979. Keating confined himself to the authenticated facts that Doctor Watson alone reported.
Moriarty wrote a substantial scientific text, which gained him a university place. He is likened to the philosopher Nietzsche.
Read by Alan Moore.
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