Reviews for The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor

The average rating for The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor based on 2 reviews is 2 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-09-18 00:00:00 Sue Thomas In this Sherlock Holmes tale, Lord St. Simon's American wife disappeared during the wedding breakfast, right after they were married. It was a marriage of convenience: as usual for the time, the American wife gets a noble title and the English aristocrat gets a much-needed infusion of cash from her dowry. But St. Simon can't figure out why his wife Hatty suddenly vanished. Was she upset by running into his former mistress? Did Hatty's tomboy upbringing have anything to do with her disappearance? It's not really one of the more memorable Holmes tales - no exciting murders or fun blood and guts - and I guessed the mystery. But it's somewhat interesting for its dealing with the once-popular social practice of American heiresses marrying British nobility. I appreciated the description of Lord St. Simon as having the "steady, well-opened eye of a man whose pleasant lot it had ever been to command and to be obeyed." And I got a kick out of this statement by Sherlock Holmes (which I assume reflects Arthur Conan Doyle's opinion back in the 1880's):"It is always a joy to meet an American, Mr. Moulton, for I am one of those who believe that the folly of a monarch and the blundering of a minister in far-gone years will not prevent our children from being some day citizens of the same world-wide country under a flag which shall be a quartering of the Union Jack with the Stars and Stripes."An interesting suggestion that I've never heard before!

Review # 2 was written on 2018-07-02 00:00:00 Toni Caceres The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor turns out to be one of the easiest cases for Sherlock Holmes to deal with; with the detective having dealt with similar problems in the past. Indeed, Holmes had solved the case even before the client, Lord St Simon, has departed from Baker Street. The basic problem is that Hatty Doran, the new wife of Lord St Simon, has disappeared, and foul play is suspected. Some suspicion is placed on Lord St Simon, as he had a financial motive, but also suspected is an old flame of Lord St Simon, Flora Miller. Holmes offers a full explanation to Inspector Lestrade, but just as in the case of The Boscombe Valley Mystery, the detective doesn't take Holmes seriously, so Holmes feels empowered to deal with the case in the best way he sees fit. The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor is an example of where a case for Sherlock Holmes doesn't necessarily mean that there is a crime, and this is perhaps why the story is less memorable than many others within the Conan Doyle canon of works. The story was adapted by Granada Television, with Jeremy Brett starring as Sherlock Holmes. The episode, titled The Eligible Bachelor, made a number of plot changes, something which was strange for the television, which normally kept close to the original storylines.