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The Adventure of the Crooked Man

Index The Adventure of the Crooked Man

"The Adventure of the Crooked Man", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. [1]

38 relations: Aldershot, Apoplexy, Arthur Conan Doyle, Bathsheba, BBC Radio 4, Bert Coules, Brian Blessed, Catherine Rabett, Clive Merrison, Colonel, Colour sergeant, Corporal, David, Denys Hawthorne, Elementary (TV series), Fiona Shaw, Hepatitis B, India, Indian grey mongoose, Indian Rebellion of 1857, ITV Granada, James Wilby, Jaundice, Jeremy Brett, Lisa Daniely, Malaria, Michael Williams (actor), Nathan (prophet), Norman Jones (actor), Paul Chapman (actor), Sergeant, Shelagh Stephenson, Sherlock Holmes, Sidney Paget, Terence Edmond, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Royal Mallows, Uriah the Hittite.

Aldershot

Aldershot is a town in the Rushmoor district of Hampshire, England.

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Apoplexy

Apoplexy is bleeding within internal organs and the accompanying symptoms.

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Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes.

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Bathsheba

Bathsheba was the wife of Uriah the Hittite and later of David, according to the Hebrew Bible.

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BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4 is a radio station owned and operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history.

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Bert Coules

Bert Coules is an English writer, mainly for the BBC, who has produced a number of adaptations and original works.

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Brian Blessed

Brian Blessed (born 9 October 1936) is an English actor, writer, presenter, and comedian.

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Catherine Rabett

Catherine Rabett (sometimes known as Katie Rabett) (born 20 July 1960 in London) is a British actress. She played Cecily "Cissy" Meldrum in the BBC sitcom You Rang, M'Lord? (1988–1993). She was a member of Hot Gossip, Arlene Phillips's groundbreaking dance group, and performed on The Kenny Everett Video Show. Rabett is married to the comic performer and scriptwriter Kit Hesketh-Harvey and they have two children, Gus and Rollo. She is also a former girlfriend of Prince Andrew. She gained a First class honours degree in Art History from the University of East Anglia. She curated the Art of Faith in East Anglia exhibition at Norwich Castle Museum 2011/13, and was picture researcher on Houghton Hall: Portrait of an English House by David Cholmondeley and Andrew Moore published by Skira Rizzoli October 2014. Rabett also works as a volunteer UK representative for GRUBB Forward, a UK-based charity providing tutoring at three schools for Roma children in Serbia. GRUBB Forward also produces the GRUBB Show, a performance blending traditional Roma and contemporary music. The GRUBB Show has toured the world and the revenue is used to support the GRUBB Schools.

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Clive Merrison

Clive Merrison (born 15 September 1945, Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales) is a Welsh actor of film, television, stage and radio.

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Colonel

Colonel ("kernel", abbreviated Col., Col or COL) is a senior military officer rank below the brigadier and general officer ranks.

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Colour sergeant

Colour sergeant (CSgt or C/Sgt) is a rank of non-commissioned officer found in several militaries.

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Corporal

Corporal is a military rank in use in some form by many militaries and by some police forces or other uniformed organizations.

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David

David is described in the Hebrew Bible as the second king of the United Kingdom of Israel and Judah.

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Denys Hawthorne

Denys Vernon Hawthorne (9 August 1932 – 16 October 2009), born in Northern Ireland, was known as a stage, film, and television actor, and an actor in radio drama.

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Elementary (TV series)

Elementary is an American procedural drama series that presents a contemporary update of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's character Sherlock Holmes.

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Fiona Shaw

Fiona Shaw, CBE (born Fiona Mary Wilson; 10 July 1958) is an Irish actress and theatre and opera director, known for her role as Petunia Dursley in the Harry Potter films and her role as Marnie Stonebrook in season four of the HBO series True Blood (2011).

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Hepatitis B

Hepatitis B is an infectious disease caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV) that affects the liver.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Indian grey mongoose

The Indian grey mongoose or common grey mongoose (Herpestes edwardsi) is a mongoose species mainly found in West Asia and on the Indian subcontinent.

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Indian Rebellion of 1857

The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India between 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown.

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ITV Granada

ITV Granada (formerly Granada Television; informally Granada) is the Channel 3 regional service for North West England and the Isle of Man.

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James Wilby

James Jonathon Wilby (born 20 February 1958) is an English film, television and theatre actor.

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Jaundice

Jaundice, also known as icterus, is a yellowish or greenish pigmentation of the skin and whites of the eyes due to high bilirubin levels.

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Jeremy Brett

Peter Jeremy William Huggins (3 November 1933 – 12 September 1995), known professionally as Jeremy Brett, was an English actor.

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Lisa Daniely

Lisa Daniely (born Mary Elizabeth Bodington; 4 June 1929 – 24 January 2014) was a British film and television actress.

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Malaria

Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease affecting humans and other animals caused by parasitic protozoans (a group of single-celled microorganisms) belonging to the Plasmodium type.

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Michael Williams (actor)

Michael Leonard Williams, (9 July 1935 – 11 January 2001) was an English actor who played both classical and comedy roles.

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Nathan (prophet)

Nathan (נָתַן Nāṯan; ܢܬܢ fl. c. 1000 BC) is a person in the Hebrew Bible.

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Norman Jones (actor)

Norman Jones (16 June 1932Report by Toby Neal. – 23 April 2013) was an English actor, primarily on television.

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Paul Chapman (actor)

Paul Chapman (born 1939) is a British actor.

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Sergeant

Sergeant (abbreviated to Sgt and capitalized when used as a named person's title) is a rank in many uniformed organizations, principally military and policing forces.

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Shelagh Stephenson

Shelagh Stephenson is an English playwright and actress.

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Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional private detective created by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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Sidney Paget

Sidney Edward Paget (4 October 1860 – 28 January 1908) was a British illustrator of the Victorian era, best known for his illustrations that accompanied Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories in The Strand magazine.

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Terence Edmond

Terence Edmond (22 November 1939 – 14 March 2009) was an English actor, who played PC Ian Sweet in 78 episodes of Z-Cars between 1962 and 1964.

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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1893, by Arthur Conan Doyle.

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The Royal Mallows

The Royal Mallows are a fictional Irish regiment mentioned in the works of Arthur Conan Doyle.

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Uriah the Hittite

Uriah the Hittite (’Ūrîyāh ha-Ḥittî) was a soldier in King David’s army mentioned in the biblical Second Book of Samuel.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_of_the_Crooked_Man

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