The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

Informationen zum Autor Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was born in Edinburgh where he qualified as a doctor, but it was his writing which brought him fame, with the creation of Sherlock Holmes, the first scientific detective. He was also a convert to spiritualism and a social reformer who used his investigative skills to prove the innocence of individuals. Klappentext Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) started to write as a doctor! whilst waiting for patients to arrive. Sherlock Holmes first appeared in A Study in Scarlet (1887). The Holmes stories soon attracted such a following that Conan Doyle felt the character overshadowed his other work. In The Final Problem (1893) Conan Doyle killed him off! but was obliged by public demand to restore the detective to life. Zusammenfassung 'Come at once if convenient - if inconvenient come all the same . . .' The note from Sherlock Holmes to Dr Watson cannot be ignored and soon the pair find themselves investigating the curious case of an aged professor whose sudden strange alteration in behaviour terrifies everyone from his daughter and her fiance to the family dog. This and eleven other cases which confound clients or perplex the police are tackled by Holmes and Watson in the final collection of the duo's detecting adventures. 'Time and time again generations have shown that they need Holmes' Stephen Fry

Product details

• Authors: Arthur Conan Doyle, Arthur Conan Doyle
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9780241986608
• ISBN: 978-0-241-98660-8
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 111 mm x 181 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Essential Penguin; Penguin Essentials; Penguin Essentials; Essential Penguin
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; FICTION / Crime, FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Classic crime, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators, Classic fiction, Classic crime and mystery fiction