The Prisoner of the Devil
{{short description|1979 novel by Michael Hardwick}}
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| release_date = 1979
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The Prisoner of the Devil is a Sherlock Holmes pastiche novel by Michael Hardwick, originally published in 1979.{{cite book |last=Bunson|first=Matthew|authorlink=Matthew Bunson |title=Encyclopedia Sherlockiana |year=1997 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |page=199 |ISBN=0-02-861679-0}}
The acclaimed novel{{cite book|last1=Riley|first1=Dick|last2=McAllister|first2=Pam|title=The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Sherlock Holmes|publisher=Continuum|year=1999|page=[https://archive.org/details/bedsidebathtubar00dick_0/page/147 147]|ISBN=0-8264-1116-9|url=https://archive.org/details/bedsidebathtubar00dick_0/page/147}}{{cite book|last=Redmond|first=Christopher|title=Sherlock Holmes Handbook: Second Edition|publisher=Dundurn Press|year=2009|page=281|ISBN=9781459718982}} features Holmes called in to solve the case of the Dreyfus affair.{{cite journal|last=Picker|first=Larry| title =Screen of the Crime| journal =Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #10 | volume =4 | number=2| page=13 | date =2013 | language = English }}{{cite web|title=The plot thickens|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/arts_ents/14177941.the-plot-thickens/|publisher=The Herald|date=1 January 2016|accessdate=21 November 2018}}{{cite book |last=Eyles |first=Alan |title=Sherlock Holmes: A Centenary Celebration |year=1986 |publisher=Harper & Row |pages=[https://archive.org/details/sherlockholmesce0000eyle/page/119 119] |ISBN=0-06-015620-1 |url=https://archive.org/details/sherlockholmesce0000eyle/page/119 }}
The book has since been republished in 1990 by Pinnacle Books{{cite book|last=Hardwick|first=Michael|authorlink=Michael Hardwick (writer)|title=The Prisoner of the Devil|year=1990|publisher=Pinnacle Books|ISBN=1-55817-447-8}} and in 2018 by MeanTime Books.{{cite web|title=Our first titles|url=http://meantimebooks.com/titles.php|website=MeanTime Books|accessdate=January 22, 2019}}
Reception
Michael Dirda reviewed the book for the Detroit Times and found himself "lukewarm" towards it.{{cite book|last=Dirda|first=Michael|authorlink=Michael Dirda|title=On Conan Doyle: Or, The Whole Art of Storytelling|year=2012|publisher=Princeton University Press|page=118|ISBN=9780691151359}} Publishers Weekly claimed the book was " enthusiastically endorsed by both the Baker Street Irregulars and the Conan Doyle estate."{{cite web|title=Revenge of the Hound |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-394-55653-6|website=Publishers Weekly|date=30 September 1987|accessdate=20 December 2019}}
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