Accounts of William Gillette

William Gillette, the premiere stage actor at the turn of the 20th century, and builder of the landmark Gillette Castle in Haddam CT, was best known for bringing Sherlock Holmes to the American stage and bringing Sherlock to life whenever a mystery needed his talent to be solved.These five mysteries chronicle that special talent when Gillette, along with his producer and friend, Charles Frohman, find themselves in a variety of extra-ordinary circumstances.Learn how it got started and follow William Gillette and Charles Frohman as intrigue finds them from the tip of Long Island, New York to the dessert of Phoenix, Arizona. Along the way, you will understand why William Gillette was: America's Sherlock Holmes