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Informationen zum Autor Arthur Conan Doyle was born in 1859. He trained to be a doctor at Edinburgh University and eventually set up a medical practice in Southsea. During the quiet periods between patients, he turned his hand to writing, producing historical novels such as Micah Clarke and adventure yarns including The Lost World , as well as four novels and fifty-six stories involving his most celebrated creations, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. Doyle was knighted in 1902. In later life he devoted much of his time to his belief in Spiritualism, using his writing and celebrity as a means of providing funds to support activities in this field. He died in 1930. Klappentext Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. A Study in Scarlet introduced the great scientific detective Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, his friend and chronicler, to the reading public. This novel, a cornerstone in the annals of crime fiction, tells of their first meeting and how they set up in rooms together in Baker Street. It is not long before the charismatic sleuth and his faithful companion are plunged into a dramatic mystery which starts with the discovery of a corpse in a deserted house and the letters RACHE scrawled on the wall in blood. The Sign of the Four , the second Holmes novel, presents the detective with one of his greatest challenges - solving the theft of the great Agra treasure in India. In these two classic novels you have the foundation of the Sherlock Holmes legend. As well as his witty and illuminating Afterword to this edition, David Stuart Davies, the illustrious editor of Sherlock magazine, has provided a fascinating chronology of the Sherlock Holmes Stories. With an Afterword by David Stuart Davies, a Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund, and an authority on Sherlock Holmes. He has written the Afterwords for all the Macmillan Collector's Library Holmes volumes. Two novels featuring Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson in a pocket hardback edition Zusammenfassung Two novels featuring Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson in a pocket hardback edition Inhaltsverzeichnis A Study in Scarlet Part One 1. Mr Sherlock Holmes 2. The Science of Deduction 3. The Lauriston Gardens Mystery 4. What John Rance Had to Tell 5. Our Advertisement Brings a Visitor 6. Tobias Gregson Shows What He Can Do 7. Light in the Darkness Part Two 8. On the Great Alkali Plain 9. The Flower of Utah 10. John Ferrier Talks with the Prophet 11. A Flight for Life 12. The Avenging Angels 13. A Continuation of the Reminiscences of John Watson MD 14. The Conclusion The Sign of the Four 1. The Science of Deduction 2. The Statement of the Case 3. In Quest of a Solution 4. The Story of the Bald-Headed Man 5. The Tragedy of Pondicherry Lodge 6. Sherlock Holmes Gives a Demonstration 7. The Episode of the Barrel 8. The Baker Street Irregulars 9. A Break in the Chain 10. The End of the Islander 11. The Great Agra Treasure 12. The Strange Story of Jonathan Small Afterword Bibliography Biography ...
