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Zusatztext He is unique in simultaneously bringing down the curtain on an era and raising one on another! ushering in a genre of writing that... has never been surpassed. His own life! as footballer... eye surgeon! champion of injustice and investigator into the paranormal! is the stuff of legend. Personally! I would walk a mile in tight boots to read his letters to the milkman Informationen zum Autor Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born in 1859 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was a doctor by trade; optician more specifically. It is rumoured that during his off periods of work he would think about and write his various stories. He is well known for several science fiction works, but of course his most recognizable works are the Sherlock Holmes mysteries. He died in 1930. He tried desperately to "kill off" Holmes so that he could pursue other genres of writing as well, and not just be known for the Holmes mysteries. However, after much public outcry, Holmes returned in "The Empty House" and in many other stories following, up to the "Case Book of Sherlock Holmes" collection. Klappentext 'Down the Strand the lamps were but misty splotches of diffused light which threw a feeble circular glimmer upon the slimy pavement'. Whilst the seamy streets of London drown in a sea of smog, Sherlock Holmes sinks into a cocaine-induced melancholy, until Miss Mary Morstan presents him with a most intriguing case. A terrible death, an unknown benefactor, stolen treasure, and a secret pact between criminals stretching back to a mutiny-torn India, lead Holmes into an epic pursuit of the truth... As Watson falls in love and Sherlock Holmes battles his darker habits, the two men once again tackle a case of baffling complexity Zusammenfassung As Watson falls in love and Sherlock Holmes battles his darker habits, the two men once again tackle a case of baffling complexity
