Books and films about the adventures of the great detective Sherlock Holmes and his permanent partner Doctor Watson have long become a cult favorite. But what did the world they lived in really look like? What was Victorian London like - their main place for hunting criminals? Sir Arthur Conan Doyle did not tell what a cab looks like, how it differs from a carriage, and how much, for example, a trip costs. He did not describe the train compartments, theaters, restaurants or the furnishings of the legendary apartment at 221b Baker Street. Why, if half of wealthy Londoners lived in similar rented apartments? Who is interested in reading descriptions of steam locomotives if they constantly flash before your eyes? But if we - people of the 21st century - want to understand what exactly Conan Doyle had in mind, in what world his heroes lived and acted, we need to become more familiar with the everyday life of England during the times of Queen Victoria. The era in which Mr. Sherlock Holmes and his friend Dr. John Watson fought crime...