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3 unusual facts about The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter


Claude Joseph Vernet

In Arthur Conan Doyle's short story "The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter", fictional detective Sherlock Holmes claims that his grandmother is Vernet's sister, without stating whether this is Claude Joseph or Antoine Charles Horace's sister.

Horace Vernet

In Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes story "The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter" Holmes claims to be related to Vernet, stating, "My ancestors were country squires... my grandmother... was the sister of Vernet, the French artist."

The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter

Breaking in, they discover Melas and Kratides bound in a closed room where some charcoal has been lit to gas the two of them.


Diogenes Club series

The Diogenes Club originates in the Sherlock Holmes story "The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter", in which it is ostensibly a gentleman’s club, however it is implied that in reality it is a top secret element of the British Secret Service.


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