Arthur Conan Doyle

Le docteur Watson re oit une lettre d'un ancien camarade d' cole nomm Percy Phelps, travaillant au Foreign Office sous les ordres de son oncle Lord Holdhurst. Phelps explique que sa carri re est en mauvaise posture cause d'une grave affaire, et implore que Sherlock Holmes vienne le voir chez lui Woking o il est alit depuis deux mois. En effet, le 23 mai, alors que Phelps tait au bureau des Affaires trang res comme chaque jour, son oncle lui a remis un trait naval secret pass entre l'Angleterre et l'Italie dont il devait recopier chacun des articles...

Sherlock Holmes is back on the case in this collection of sparkling short stories, in which we learn about Holmes' early days as a sleuth, encounter a seemingly murderous widow, and meet the great detective's brother, Mycroft, for the first time. And, in 'The Final Problem', Holmes comes face-to-face with his nemesis, Professor Moriarty, in a battle of wits that could kill them both. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features an afterword by David Stuart Davies - a Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund and an authority on Sherlock Holmes.

Faithfully supported by his chronicler, Dr Watson, Sherlock Holmes pits his wits against '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 investigates intrigues that have defeated the detectives of Scotland Yard. Packed with excitement and mystery, this collection showcases the legendary sleuth at his very best. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features an afterword by David Stuart Davies, and accompanying each tale are Sidney Paget's fantastic original illustrations from The Strand magazine.

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes contains Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's final twelve stories about his great fictional detective. Featuring crypts at midnight, strange bones in a furnace and a blood-sucking vampire, these tales explore the darker side of human nature and involve betrayal, violence and the terrible consequences of infidelity. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features an afterword by David Stuart Davies - a Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund and an authority on Sherlock Holmes.

Three years after his supposed death at the Reichenbach Falls, Sherlock Holmes returns to 221B Baker Street, to the astonishment of Dr Watson and the delight of readers worldwide. From kidnapped heirs to murder by harpoon, Holmes and Watson have their work cut out for them in these brilliant later tales. This collection also includes His Last Bow, a series of recollections from an older Sherlock Holmes of further adventures from his life. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. In this edition, Sherlock scholar David Stuart Davies provides both an illuminating afterword and a fascinating chronology of the Sherlock Holmes stories.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is perhaps the greatest collection of detective stories ever written. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features an afterword by David Stuart Davies - a Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund and a Sherlock Holmes scholar. From his residence at 221B Baker Street, Holmes solves a series of baffling and bizarre cases, including a man terrified by the arrival of an envelope containing orange pips and a woman whose fiancé disappeared on his way to their wedding. Each story showcases the great detective's inimitable and extraordinary deductive powers, recounted to us by his faithful friend and colleague, Dr Watson.

In Sherlock Holmes: The Dark Mysteries, Sherlock Holmes expert David Stuart Davies has selected the cases of the great detective that best reflect Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's deep interest in the supernatural. The first is the terrifying novel The Hound of the Baskervilles, followed by nine Gothic adventures: 'The Sussex Vampire', 'The Creeping Man', 'Shoscombe Old Place', 'The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax', 'The Veiled Lodger', 'The Devil's Foot', 'The Blanched Soldier' and 'The Cardboard Box'. All of the stories are accompanied by their original illustrations. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. With an introduction by the collection's editor, David Stuart Davies.

All legends begin somewhere, and the two novels here are where one of the world's best-loved legends began. In A Study in Scarlet, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson first meet and investigate a seemingly impossible mystery that begins with a corpse in a deserted house. In The Sign of the Four the detective faces an even greater challenge: solving both the disappearance of Captain Arthur Morstan and the theft of the Agra treasure in India. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. In this edition, Sherlock scholar David Stuart Davies provides an illuminating afterword.

Supernatural hounds, a family curse, a mysterious cipher and the return of a deadly enemy . . . Sherlock Holmes will have to utilize every skill he has to solve the two classic mysteries collected here. The Hound of the Baskervilles sees Holmes and Dr Watson travel to the misty wilds of Dartmoor to confront a devilish apparition, while in The Valley of Fear the pair investigate a gruesome murder that may be the work of the dastardly Professor Moriarty himself. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. In this edition, Sherlock scholar David Stuart Davies provides both an illuminating afterword and a fascinating chronology of the Sherlock Holmes stories.

El relato policial nunca volvi a ser el mismo despu s de que Sir Arthur Conan Doyle creara a Sherlock Holmes y al Doctor Watson. Holmes hizo su primera aparici n en el mundo de las letras en 1887, en Un Estudio en Escarlata, originalmente publicada en 1890, El Signo de los Cuatro es la segunda novela protagonizada por el c lebre detective del 221 B Baker Street. En Inglaterra, a fines del siglo diecinueve, Mary Morstan es una joven que ha vivido durante diez a os con la incertidumbre de la desparici n inexplicable de su padre, un militar retirado que hab a servido en la India, en una campa a militar del ej rcito ingl s. Sin embargo, la joven recibe una extra a carta que menciona que hay alguien que tiene informaci n sobre el destino de su padre, el Capit n Morstan. Desconcertada, por consejo de una amiga, la joven Mary acude a una persona que parece que se encarga, como medio de vida, de asuntos extra os como estos. Un detective particular. Un se or... Sherlock Holmes y su compa ero de habitaci n doctor Watson. Cuando la investigaci n lo conduce a un homicidio y al legado de un inmenso tesoro, Holmes debe descubrir los secretos ocultos tras una traici n ocurrida en la India a os atr s.

Classics for Your Collection: goo.gl/U80LCr --------- A Book with a Book Library Inside This book is a friendly, conversational tour of the legendary writer, Sherlock-Holmes-fame author Arthur Conan Doyle's favorite books, written as though he were literally and physically showing you his favorite bookcase, where his favorite authors and books reside. He seems to really enjoy reading a lot and he definitely thoroughly enjoys the books he has long-lived relationships with. He begins with praise of McCauley's essays, then praises the historical novels of Walter Scott. In Doyle's opinion Scott with Ivanhoe wrote the "second greatest" historical novel. The greatest? The Cloister and the Hearth. Arthur Conan Doyle's "Through the Magic Door" was serialized in 1906-07 when he was 48. Even if you don't end up reading the books he recommends, his quotes and descriptions in this book are amazing and inspiring. Books can transport you anywhere and teach you anything. And they can teach you the "line of thinking" of the author. They are tonic and nourishment for your soul and mind alike. And this book, which is kind of a book that comprises many books, can help you in that path tremendously. Bookworms will find this book a real treasure A Nugget from the Book: 1. "I care not how humble your bookshelf may be, nor how lowly the room which it adorns. Close the door of that room behind you, shut off with it all the cares of the outer world, plunge back into the soothing company of the great dead, and then you are through the magic portal into that fair land whither worry and vexation can follow you no more. You have left all that is vulgar and all that is sordid behind you. There stand your noble, silent comrades, waiting in their ranks. Pass your eye down their files. Choose your man. And then you have but to hold up your hand to him and away you go together into dreamland. Surely there would be something eerie about a line of books were it not that familiarity has deadened our sense of it. Each is a mummified soul embalmed in cere-cloth and natron of leather and printer's ink. Each cover of a true book enfolds the concentrated essence of a man. The personalities of the writers have faded into the thinnest shadows, as their bodies into impalpable dust, yet here are their very spirits at your command." - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. 2. "Critics kind-never mind Critics flatter-no matter Critics blame-all the same Critics curse-none the worse Do your best- -- the rest " Scroll Up and Get Your Copy Books for You: Tales of Terror and Mystery by Arthur Coanan Doyles https: //www.createspace.com/6499707 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle https: //www.createspace.com/6498370 The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle https: //www.createspace.com/6498594 The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle https: //www.createspace.com/6499304 The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle https: //www.createspace.com/6500007 The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle https: //www.createspace.com/6499480 The Open Boat and Other Stories by Stephen Crane https: //www.createspace.com/6447605 A Sicilian Romance by Ann Radcliffe https: //www.createspace.com/6493459 The Aspern Papers by Henry James https: //www.createspace.com/6495613 Mrs. Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw https: //www.createspace.com/6497582