Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (1859-1930) was a Scottish author. He is most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction. His first significant work was A Study in Scarlet, which appeared in Beeton's Christmas Annual for 1887 and featured the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes, who was partially modelled after his former university professor, Joseph Bell. Other works include The Firm of Girdlestone (1890), The Captain of the Polestar (1890), The Doings of Raffles Haw (1892), Beyond the City (1892), The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892), The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard (1896), The Great Boer War (1900), The Green Flag (1900), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902), and The Lost World (1912). Also published under the title The Tragedy of the Korosko (1898). A group of European tourists are enjoying their trip to Egypt in the year 1895. They are sailing up the River Nile in a "a turtle-bottomed, round-bowed stern-wheeler", the Korosko. They intend to travel to Abousir at the southern frontier of Egypt, after which the Dervish country starts. They are attacked and abducted by a marauding band of Dervish warriors. The novel contains a strong defence of British Imperialism and in particular the Imperial project in North Africa. It also reveals the very great suspicion of Islam felt by many Europeans at the time. Includes vintage illustration

At the age of twenty, young Alleyne, son of Edric, leaves the Catholic abbey where he has been raised-intelligent, skilled, and well-liked, though sheltered and naive-and goes out to see the world, in accordance with the terms of his father's will. The same day, the abbot banishes John of Hordle for worldly behavior: great appetite, teasing, and flirting. At the Pied Merlin inn, they make friends with veteran archer Sam Aylward who has returned to England from France to recruit for the White Company of mercenaries. Aylward has brought a request for Sir Nigel Loring of Christchurch to take command of the company. Aylward and John continue to Christchurch, while Alleyne detours to visit his older brother, the socman or landlord of Minstead, whose fierce reputation has grown to wickedness. The brothers meet for the first time since Alleyne was an infant and Alleyne finds that his brother is still furious their father gave three hides of land (80-120 acres) to the monastery for the boy's support. The socman threatens a lovely maiden, Maude, who escapes with Alleyne's aid and they flee on foot to find her horse. Maude makes a striking impression on the abbey-raised young man. When she hears that Alleyne intends to rejoin his friends to approach Sir Nigel Loring, Maude laughs. Alleyne meets up again with Aylward and Hordle John, and the three friends meet Sir Nigel and his formidable wife Mary. Alleyne is taken on as squire to Sir Nigel and as tutor to his daughter, who Alleyne discovers is the same Maude he saved from his evil brother. When the men eventually depart for France, the young couple admit their love, but only to each other. En route to Gascony, our heroes destroy pirates, then report to the court of the Prince of Wales in Bordeaux. After adventures fearful and funny, the valiant fighters lead the White Company to join the Prince. The Spanish and French attack them in a narrow ravine, where the mighty warriors are almost all destroyed and the Company must disband. John and Alleyne, badly wounded, survive, but Sir Nigel and Aylward are missing and presumed dead. The English go on to win the Battle of N jera, fulfilling the mission. The Prince knights Alleyne in his sick bed and, as the former socman has died, Sir Alleyne Edricson becomes the new socman of Minstead. He returns victorious with John as his squire, to snatch Maude from the doors of the nunnery and marry her. En route back to rescue their friends, all reunite for a happy ever after.

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.

The Valley of Fear is the fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is loosely based on the Molly Maguires and Pinkerton agent James McParland. The story was first published in the Strand Magazine between September 1914 and May 1915. The novel starts with Sherlock Holmes receiving a cipher message from Fred Porlock (pseudonym), an agent of Professor Moriarty. After Porlock sends the message, however, he changes his mind for fear of Moriarty's discovering that he is a traitor. He decides not to send the key to the cipher, but he sends Holmes a note telling of this decision. From the cipher message and the second note, Holmes is able to deduce that it is a book- cipher and that the book used for the encryption is a common book, large (with at least 534 pages), printed in two columns per page, and standardized. An almanac fits these conditions exactly. Holmes tries the latest edition of Whitaker's Almanac, which he had only received a few days earlier, and fails; he then tries the previous edition. With this almanac, Holmes is able to successfully decipher the message as a warning that "some devilry is intended against one Douglas", a country gentleman residing at Birlstone House. Some minutes later, Inspector Macdonald arrives at Baker Street with news that a Mr. John Douglas of Birlstone Manor House, Birlstone, Sussex, has been murdered. Holmes tells MacDonald of Porlock's warning, suggesting Moriarty's involvement. However, MacDonald doesn't fully believe that the educated and well respected Moriarty is a criminal. Holmes, Watson, and MacDonald travel to Birlstone House, an ancient moated manor house, to investigate the crime. Each RADLEY CLASSIC is a meticulously restored, luxurious and faithful reproduction of a classic book; produced with elegant text layout, clarity of presentation, and stylistic features that make reading a true pleasure. Special attention is given to legible fonts and adequate letter sizing, correct line length for readability, generous margins and triple lead (lavish line separation); plus we do not allow any mistakes/changes to creep into the original author's words. Visit RADLEY BOOKS at www.radleybooks.com to see more classic book titles in this series.

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Dr. Mortimer visits Sherlock Holmes and his friend Dr. Watson to explain the strange circumstances of the death of his friend and patient, Sir Charles Baskerville. The old man with a weak heart has died of a heart attack after a short night walk through the gardens of the mansion, overlooking the misty moors of Devonshire. Mortimer Holmes tells an old legend centuries running on this family. He shows her a manuscript dated 1742 reporting that Hugo Baskerville, a cruel ancestor, was murdered by a demonic dog after he tried to rape a young peasant. This dog still would prowl on the moor in search of descendants of the Baskervilles. Holmes remains skeptical about the supernatural aspect of the investigation, but the facts passionate. Mortimer tells him that the last heir of the Baskervilles Sir Henry, nephew of Charles, arrives from Canada to inherit the family estate. Sir Henry is a mature man, adventurous, energetic and determined, intended to continue the good works of his uncle. But knowing the doom of the members of this family, Mortimer hesitate to take the young man on the moor. After some adventures in London, Holmes and Watson are certain that human influence is real and present in this case. But who could blame as the Baskerville family? Holmes suddenly abandoned the investigation, citing more important matters to deal with, and asked his friend to protect Sir Henry in Dartmoor, a fog area and loopholes bogs. Thus begins an adventure that will mobilize all our heroes analysis capabilities ... Arthur Conan Doyle (born Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle May 22, 1859 in Edinburgh, Scotland, and died July 7, 1930 in Crowborough, Sussex) is a British writer and physician. He is famous for his novels and short stories featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes - considered a major innovation of the detective novel - and Professor Challenger. This prolific writer has also been the author of science fiction books, historical novels, plays, poems and historical works. He was raised to the rank of Knight of the Order of the Order of Saint John by King Edward VII October 24, 1902. Beginnings and formation Arthur Conan Doyle was born in 1859 in Scotland, in a Catholic family of immigrant Norman origin of the town of Ouilly-on-Orne. It is the second of ten children of the English painter Charles Altamont Doyle and Mary Foley, Irish, married in 18552. According to the preface to the French version of The White Company, it is also a descendant of the Dukes of Brittany (Conan). This family tree is the cause of his passion for history, and so his works The White Company and Sir Nigel. Conan is his third name, but the associate before his patronyme. Conan Doyle makes his primary schooling at Jesuit preparatory school Hodder Place (in), in the city of Hurst Green (in) - near Clitheroe, Lancashire. At age nine, he enrolled in college Stonyhurst he left around 1875, rejecting Christianity before becoming agnostic. From 1876 to 1881 he studied medicine at Edinburgh University and made several internships in Aston (in) (now a district of Birmingham) and Sheffield. While practicing medicine, he began writing stories whose first are published in Chambers's Journal Edimburgh before its twentieth year. February 28, 1880, while in 3rd year medical student, he sailed as board medical officer of Hope whaling ship, port of Peterhead (Scotland), Captain John Gray, for a hunting campaign seal and whale that will last until 11 August 1881 and will take the ship to Greenland, Spitsbergen and the Faroe Islands. He will have the opportunity to participate in the operation of the ship, the whaling (which at that time was still being "old" boats with oars to), to make scientific observations on Arctic marine life and maintaining the crew morale by organizing boxing tournaments, he practiced in clair amateur. It will fall four times in the icy water and will be recovered each time, Captain jokingly calling him "the great northern diver."