Arthur Conan Doyle

The Lost World is a novel released in 1912 by Arthur Conan Doyle concerning an expedition to a plateau in South America where prehistoric animals (dinosaurs and other extinct creatures) still survive. The character of Professor Challenger was introduced in this book. Interestingly, for a seminal work of dinosaur-related fiction, the animals only occupy a small portion of the narrative.

Londres, 1912. Edward Malone, du Daily Gazette, est envoy par son r dacteur-en-chef interviewer le terrible professeur George Challenger, dont la r putation est entach e par de nombreux scandales la suite de bagarres avec des journalistes. Malone se fait passer pour un jeune tudiant pour mieux berner le professeur, mais il est rapidement d masqu les deux hommes en viennent aux mains. Le journaliste refuse pourtant de porter plainte, ce qui am ne le professeur lui r v ler sa d couverte concernant l'existence de dinosaures encore vivants en Am rique du Sud d'apr s le carnet d'un certain Maple White, un explorateur ayant vu des choses formidables sur un haut-plateau coup du monde moderne. Challenger met sur pied une exp dition pour rapporter des preuves la communaut scientifique sceptique. Malone accepte de se joindre lui pour couvrir l' v nement en correspondant par lettres la Gazette, mais aussi pour obtenir la main de sa fianc e Gladys en se distinguant par un acte h ro que. Lord John Roxton, chasseur m rite, ainsi que le professeur Summerlee, confr re et rival de Challenger, sont galement de la partie. Apr s une longue travers e en cargo, puis en pirogue, les quatre explorateurs et leurs guides indig nes s'enfoncent au-del du bassin de l'Amazone.

The White Company is a historical adventure by Arthur Conan Doyle set during the Hundred Years' War. The story is set in England, France, and Spain, in the years 1366 and 1367, against the background of the campaign of Edward, the Black Prince to restore Peter of Castile to the throne of the Kingdom of Castile. The climax of the book occurs before the Battle of N jera. Doyle became inspired to write the novel after attending a lecture on the Middle Ages in 1889. After extensive research, The White Company was published in 1891. Additionally, the book is considered a companion to Doyle's later work Sir Nigel, which explores the early campaigns of Sir Nigel Loring and Samkin Aylward. The "White Company" of the title is a free company of archers, led by one of the main characters. The name is taken from a real-life 14th-Century Italian mercenary company, led by John Hawkwood. The novel is relatively unknown today, though it was very popular up through the Second World War. In fact, Doyle himself regarded this and his other historical novels more highly than the Sherlock Holmes adventures for which he is mainly remembered.

Londres, 1912. Edward Malone, du Daily Gazette, est envoy par son r dacteur-en-chef interviewer le terrible professeur George Challenger, dont la r putation est entach e par de nombreux scandales la suite de bagarres avec des journalistes. Malone se fait passer pour un jeune tudiant pour mieux berner le professeur, mais il est rapidement d masqu les deux hommes en viennent aux mains. Le journaliste refuse pourtant de porter plainte, ce qui am ne le professeur lui r v ler sa d couverte concernant l'existence de dinosaures encore vivants en Am rique du Sud d'apr s le carnet d'un certain Maple White, un explorateur ayant vu des choses formidables sur un haut-plateau coup du monde moderne. Challenger met sur pied une exp dition pour rapporter des preuves la communaut scientifique sceptique. Malone accepte de se joindre lui pour couvrir l' v nement en correspondant par lettres la Gazette, mais aussi pour obtenir la main de sa fianc e Gladys en se distinguant par un acte h ro que. Lord John Roxton, chasseur m rite, ainsi que le professeur Summerlee, confr re et rival de Challenger, sont galement de la partie. Apr s une longue travers e en cargo, puis en pirogue, les quatre explorateurs et leurs guides indig nes s'enfoncent au-del du bassin de l'Amazone.

The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of the crime novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in The Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set largely on Dartmoor in Devon in England's West Country and tells the story of an attempted murder inspired by the legend of a fearsome, diabolical hound of supernatural origin. Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. Watson investigate the case. This was the first appearance of Holmes since his apparent death in "The Final Problem", and the success of The Hound of the Baskervilles led to the character's eventual revival. PLOT: Dr. James Mortimer asks Sherlock Holmes to investigate the death of his friend, Sir Charles Baskerville. Sir Charles was found dead on the grounds of his Devonshire estate, Baskerville Hall, and Mortimer now fears for Sir Charles's nephew and sole heir, Sir Henry Baskerville, who is the new master of Baskerville Hall. The death was attributed to a heart attack, but Mortimer is suspicious, because Sir Charles died with an expression of horror on his face, and Mortimer noticed "the footprints of a gigantic hound" nearby. The Baskerville family has supposedly been under a curse since the era of the English Civil War, when ancestor Hugo Baskerville allegedly offered his soul to the devil for help in abducting a woman and was reportedly killed by a giant spectral hound. Sir Charles believed in the curse and was apparently fleeing from something in fright when he died. Intrigued, Holmes meets with Sir Henry, newly arrived from Canada. Sir Henry has received an anonymous note, cut and pasted from newsprint, warning him away from the Baskerville moors, and one of his new boots is inexplicably missing from his London hotel room. The Baskerville family is discussed: Sir Charles was the eldest of three brothers; the youngest, black sheep Rodger, is believed to have died childless in South America, while Sir Henry is the only child of the middle brother. Sir Henry plans to move into Baskerville Hall, despite the ominous warning message. Holmes and Dr. Watson follow him from Holmes's Baker Street apartment back to his hotel and notice a bearded man following him in a cab; they pursue the man, but he escapes. Mortimer tells them that Mr. Barrymore, the butler at Baskerville Hall, has a beard like the one on the stranger. Sir Henry's boot reappears, but an older one vanishes. Holmes sends for the cab driver who shuttled the bearded man after Sir Henry, and is both astounded and amused to learn that the stranger had made a point of giving his name as 'Sherlock Holmes' to the cabbie. Holmes, now even more interested in the Baskerville affair but held up with other cases, dispatches Watson to accompany Sir Henry to Baskerville Hall with instructions to send him frequent reports about the house, grounds, and neighbors. Upon arrival at the grand but austere Baskerville estate, Watson and Sir Henry learn that an escaped murderer named Selden is believed to be in the area.... Sidney Edward Paget (4 October 1860 - 28 January 1908) was a British illustrator of the Victorian era, best known for his illustrations that accompanied Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories in The Strand magazine. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ, DL (22 May 1859 - 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician, most noted for creating the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and writing stories about him which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction.

Le docteur Mortimer rend visite Sherlock Holmes et son ami le docteur Watson pour leur expliquer les circonstances tranges de la mort de son ami et patient, Sir Charles Baskerville. Le vieil homme au coeur fragile a succomb une attaque cardiaque apr s une courte promenade nocturne dans les jardins du manoir, qui donne sur la lande brumeuse du Devonshire. Mortimer raconte Holmes une l gende vieille de plusieurs si cles qui court sur cette famille. Il lui montre un manuscrit dat de 1742 rapportant que Hugo Baskerville, un anc tre cruel, aurait t gorg par un chien d moniaque apr s avoir tent de violer une jeune paysanne. Ce chien roderait toujours sur la lande la recherche des descendants des Baskerville. Holmes reste sceptique sur l'aspect surnaturel de l'enqu te, mais les faits le passionnent. Mortimer lui annonce que le dernier h ritier des Baskerville, Sir Henry, neveu de Charles, arrive depuis le Canada pour h riter du domaine familial. Sir Henry est un homme d' ge m r, aventureux, nergique et volontaire, destin poursuivre les bonnes oeuvres de son oncle. Mais connaissant le destin funeste des membres de cette famille, Mortimer h site emmener le jeune homme sur la lande. Apr s quelques p rip ties Londres, Holmes et Watson sont certains qu'une influence humaine est bien r elle et pr sente dans cette affaire. Mais qui pourrait en vouloir ainsi la famille Baskerville ? Holmes abandonne soudainement l'enqu te, pr textant des affaires plus importantes r gler, et demande son ami de prot ger Sir Henry Dartmoor, une r gion de brouillard et de tourbi res meurtri res. Commence alors une aventure qui va mobiliser toutes les capacit s d'analyse de nos h ros...

The Great Shadow, also known as The Great Shadow and other Napoleonic Tales, is an action and adventure novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and published in 1892 in J. W. Arrowsmith's Bristol Library. The novel takes place in the Napoleonic era on the English-Scottish border city called West Inch. The Great Shadow refers to the Napoleon's influence and his reputation that forms a shadow over West Inch. Although Arthur Conan Doyle is best known for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, he was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays, romances, poetry, and non-fiction.