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Mycroft Holmes is a fictional character appearing in stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle from 1893 to 1908. The elder brother (by seven years) of detective Sherlock Holmes, he is a government official and a founding member of the Diogenes Club.
Mycroft Holmes possessed greater powers of deductive reasoning compared to his brother, Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock even stated that Mycroft possessed in a larger degree a faculty of observation and peculiar facility for deduction than himself. He was unwilling, however, to put physical effort behind these powers.
Mycroft Holmes is Sherlock Holmes' and Eurus Holmes' brother and is traditionally older by seven years. It is mentioned in "The Final Problem" that, along with tradition, he remains seven years Sherlock's senior in the BBC adaption. Mycroft was born to Mr and Mrs Holmes, the eldest of their three children, with his younger brother, Sherlock, being born seven years later, and their younger ...
In the Sherlock Holmes stories Mycroft Holmes, by Sidney Paget (1893) Mycroft Holmes, by Arthur Twidle (1908). Brother of Sherlock Holmes.(BRUC, 29) Description. He was 7 years older than Sherlock Holmes (GREE, 23).He was a much larger and stouter man. His body was absolutely corpulent, but his face, though massive, had preserved something of the sharpness of expression which was so remarkable ...
Physically, Mycroft resembles his younger brother, but is “a much larger and stouter man.”. When we meet him again in November 1895, in “The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,” a more fulsome description is given: “Heavily built and massive, there was a suggestion of uncouth physical inertia in the figure, but above this ...
The man may have lost a few pounds, but he has all the grace of a drunken mastodon. Mycroft Holmes is the older brother of Sherlock Holmes and eldest son of Morland Holmes. He worked as a restaurateur and an operative in MI6. He had been estranged from Sherlock for years, due to Sherlock's affair with his fiancé. Mycroft suffered from leukemia and afterwards was looking to improve his ...
Mycroft Holmes is a minor character on the BBC Crime Drama Sherlock. Mycroft has a job in the English goverment but according to Sherlock, it's only a minor part in the British government but he makes it seem more than it actually is. He is the older brother of Sherlock and they have a very strained relationship. Mycroft is portrayed by Mark Gatiss who is the executive producer, co-creator ...
The new novel by NBA All-Star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, starring brothers Mycroft and Sherlock Holmes. It is 1873, and as the economies of Europe threaten to crumble, Mycroft Holmes finds himself in service to the Crown once again. A distant relative of Queen Victoria has been slain by the Fire Four Eleven killer, a serial murderer who leaves no ...
Book 4. The Scottish Ploy. by Quinn Fawcett. 3.82 · 71 Ratings · 10 Reviews · published 2000 · 9 editions. Featuring the most intriguing sleuth to come along…. Want to Read. Rate it: Mycroft Holmes is Sherlock's older, smarter, brother. Against the Brotherhood (Mycroft Holmes, #1), Mrs, The Flying Scotsman (Mycroft Holmes, #3), and Th...
Mycroft Holmes. Sherlock's older brother but there's little brotherly love there. Mycroft works for - and occasionally IS - the British government. He often calls on Sherlock to assist when events ...
