The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle

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 "Emerging from their smoke-filled rooms at 21B Baker Street, Holmes and Watson grapple with the forces of crime that stalk the streets of London. From the first story, 'A Scandal in Bohemia' where Holmes is foiled by the quick thinking of 'the woman,' Irene Adler, to what was presumed to be the last, 'The Final Problem' where Holmes at last comes face to face with the diabolical Professor Moriarty, this selection presents the very best of Arthur Conan Doyle's iconic detective" Zusammenfassung Sherlock Holmes's most iconic adventures, now in a Little Clothbound Classic designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith A Penguin Classic Hardcover Emerging from their smoke-filled rooms at 21B Baker Street, Holmes and Watson grapple with the forces of crime that stalk the streets of London. From the first story, "A Scandal in Bohemia" where Holmes is foiled by the quick thinking of '"the woman," Irene Adler, to what was presumed to be the last, "The Final Problem'" where Holmes at last comes face to face with the diabolical Professor Moriarty, this selection presents the very best of Arthur Conan Doyle's iconic detective.

Product details

• Authors: Coralie Bickford-Smith, Arthur Conan Doyle, Arthur Conan Doyle
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2022
• EAN: 9780241597002
• ISBN: 978-0-241-59700-2
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 120 mm x 167 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Little Clothbound Classics; Little Clotbound Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; London, Greater London, FICTION / Crime, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators, Later 19th century c 1850 to c 1899, Classic fiction, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives