Mycroft Holmes (books)

From Sherlock Holmes Encyclopedia

For the other versions of the character, see Mycroft Holmes (homonymy)

" You don't expect such energy from me, do you, Sherlock? But somehow this case attracts me.
— Mycroft Holmes to Sherlock [1] 		"

Mycroft Holmes is a recurring figure in Sherlock Holmes book series. He first appears in "The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter", a short story published in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes in 1893, and makes subsequent appearances in a few other stories, including "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans" and "The Adventure of the Final Problem". Mycroft Holmes is the older brother of Sherlock Holmes from seven years, work for the britannic government and is said to have superior powers of intellect than this brother. He is known for his sedentary and reclusive lifestyle, contrasting sharply with Sherlock's more active and adventurous approach to solving mysteries, and is one of founders of Diogenes Club, a club designed for people with misantropic tendencies.

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" He has the tidiest and most orderly brain, with the greatest capacity for storing facts, of any man living. The same great powers which I have turned to the detection of crime he has used for this particular business. The conclusions of every department are passed to him, and he is the central exchange, the clearinghouse, which makes out the balance. All other men are specialists, but his specialism is omniscience. We will suppose that a minister needs information as to a point which involves the Navy, India, Canada and the bimetallic question; he could get his separate advices from various departments upon each, but only Mycroft can focus them all, and say offhand how each factor would affect the other. They began by using him as a short-cut, a convenience; now he has made himself an essential. In that great brain of his everything is pigeon-holed and can be handed out in an instant.
— Sherlock Holmes about Mycroft' abilities [2] 		"

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  1. ↑ "The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter"
  2. ↑ "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans"
Sherlock Holmes books
Books A Study in Scarlet • The Sign of the Four • The Hound of the Baskervilles • The Valley of Fear
Short-stories "A Scandal in Bohemia" • "The Red-Headed League" • "A Case of Identity" • "The Boscombe Valley Mystery" • "The Five Orange Pips" • "The Man with the Twisted Lip" • "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" • "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" • "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb" • "The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor" • "The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet" • "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" • "The Adventure of Silver Blaze" • "The Adventure of the Cardboard Box" • "The Adventure of the Yellow Face" • "The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk" • "The Adventure of the Gloria Scott" • "The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual" • "The Adventure of the Reigate Squire" • "The Adventure of the Crooked Man" • "The Adventure of the Resident Patient" • "The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter" • "The Adventure of the Naval Treaty" • "The Adventure of the Final Problem" • "The Adventure of the Empty House" • "The Adventure of the Norwood Builder" • "The Adventure of the Dancing Men" • "The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist" • "The Adventure of the Priory School" • "The Adventure of Black Peter" • "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton" • "The Adventure of the Six Napoleons" • "The Adventure of the Three Students" • "The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez" • "The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter" • "The Adventure of the Abbey Grange" • "The Adventure of the Second Stain" • "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge" • "The Adventure of the Red Circle" • "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans" • "The Adventure of the Dying Detective" • "The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax" • "The Adventure of the Devil's Foot" • "His Last Bow" • "The War Service of Sherlock Holmes" • "The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone" • "The Problem of Thor Bridge" • "The Adventure of the Creeping Man" • "The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire" • "The Adventure of the Three Garridebs" • "The Adventure of the Illustrious Client" • "The Adventure of the Three Gables" • "The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier" • "The Adventure of the Lion's Mane" • "The Adventure of the Retired Colourman" • "The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger" • "The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place"
Characters Sherlock Holmes • Dr. Watson • Mycroft Holmes • Professor Moriarty (sequel book) • Mary Morstan • Mrs. Hudson • DI Lestrade • Jefferson Hope • Stamford • Irene Adler • Sebastian Moran • Charles Augustus Milverton • Jonathan Small • Culverton Smith
Places 221B Baker Street • Diogenes Club • St Bartholomew's Hospital‏‎
Real people Sir Arthur Conan Doyle • Sidney Paget
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