Sherlock Holmes miraculously survives a deadly fight with an opponent based on what real-life criminal?
The Adventure of the Empty House "The Adventure of the Empty House", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as "The Return of Sherlock Holmes". Public pressure forced Conan Doyle to bring the sleuth back to life, and explain his apparently miraculous survival of a deadly struggle with Professor Moriarty. Doyle ranked "The Adventure of the Empty House" sixth in his list of his twelve favorite Holmes stories.
Arsène Lupin vs. Herlock Sholmes Arsène Lupin vs. Herlock Sholmes is a collection of two adventures of Arsène Lupin, written by Maurice Leblanc. These adventures feature a match of wits between Lupin and Herlock Sholmes, a transparent reference to Sherlock Holmes, the hero of Conan Doyle's detective stories. It follows the appearance of "Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Burglar", in which Sherlock Holmes also makes an appearance in "Sherlock Holmes Arrives Too Late". The collection was translated twice into English, as "Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes" in the U.S. (1910, by George Morehead), and as "Arsène Lupin versus Holmlock Shears" in the UK (1910, by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos, printed as "The Blonde Lady" in the U.S.).