The Best of Sherlock Holmes

Informationen zum Autor Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh in 1859. After a rigorous Jesuit education, at Stonyhurst College in Lancashire, he trained to be a doctor at Edinburgh University. Eventually he set up in medical practice in Southsea and, during the quiet periods between patients, he turned his hand to writing. Although Sherlock Holmes was Doyle's greatest creation, he believed his historical novels such as Micah Clarke and The White Company were of greater literary quality. He also created the irascible Professor Challenger in The Lost World and the comic French soldier Brigadier Gerard who appeared in a series of short stories. Doyle was knighted in 1902. Towards the end of his life he devoted much of his time to his belief in Spiritualism, using his writings as a means of providing funds to support his activities in this field. He died in 1930. Zusammenfassung These fifteen short stories, chosen by David Stuart Davies, former Editor of Sherlock magazine, show the master detective Sherlock Holmes at his most ingenious. Faithfully supported by his chronicler, Dr Watson, Holmes pits his wits against 'the Napoleon of Crime', Professor Moriarty, assists European royalty threatened by disgrace, helps to solve the mysterious death of a young woman due to be married, and becomes involved with other intrigues that defeat the detectives of Scotland Yard. The original illustrations from The Strand magazine by Sidney Paget accompany each story.

Product details

• Authors: Arthur Conan Doyle, Arthur C. Doyle, Arthur Conan Doyle
• Assisted by: Sidney Paget (Illustration)
• Publisher: Collector's Library
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2009
• EAN: 9781905716555
• ISBN: 978-1-905716-55-5
• No. of pages: 480
• Dimensions: 103 mm x 155 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Collector's Library; Sherlock Holmes; Macmillan Collector's Library; Macmillan Collector's Library; Sherlock Holmes; Collector's Library
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Crime, FICTION / Short Stories (single author), FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional, Classic crime, Father?s Day