- When he wrote the novelization of Young Sherlock Holmes (1985), he included British spellings like colour; he also makes reference to names and philosophers that might be lost on a young audience, and uses the word lovemaking, which is unusual in a novelization based on a family film. He also dedicated three chapters (42 pages) to Egyptian history. In the book, Watson wrote up Young Sherlock Holmes as an adult in Kensington. Arnold consulted these books before writing the novelization: A Thousand Miles Up the Nile; Arabian Sands; A Search in Secret Egypt; Napoleon to Nasser; The Penguin Guide to Ancient Egypt; Flight Through the Ages; Grand Hotel - The Golden Age of Palace Hotels, etc.
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