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A set of “Ten Commandments” about literature centering on these characters bans Chinese (15[1])characters and twin (15[1])brothers and was codified by Roland (15[1])Knox. Sir Hubert Handesley's estate is the setting of a novel about one of these characters named Roderick Alleyn created by the New Zealand author Ngaio (”NYE-oh”) Marsh. Look to the Lady is a novel about one of these characters created by Margery Allingham, (15[1])one of four “Queens” of a (*) “Golden Age” of fiction named for these characters. The Nine Tailors is a novel about an amateur one of these characters named Lord Peter Wimsey, who was created by Dorothy Sayers. One of these characters supposedly dies after he falls from Reichenbach Falls amid a duel with Professor Moriarty. For 10 points, name these people who include Sherlock Holmes. ■END■

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