Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

An adapted and illustrated edition of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic mystery!

Rodney Stone is a Gothic mystery and boxing novel by Scottish writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle first published in 1896. The eponymous narrator is a Sussex country boy who is taken to London by his uncle Sir Charles Tregellis, a highly respected gentleman and arbiter of fashion who is on familiar terms with the most important people of Great Britain. The novel interweaves Rodney's coming-of-age story with that of his friend Boy Jim's boxing endeavors, and a large portion of it deals with the famous bare-knuckle boxers of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, such as Jem Belcher, John Jackson, Daniel Mendoza, Dutch Sam, and others. The book includes vignettes of a number of historical personages, notably the Prince Regent, Lord Nelson, Sir John Lade, Lord Cochrane and Beau Brummell.

Une belle description de l'Angleterre du XIXe (ville et campagne), du milieu de la boxe aux d buts de ce sport, dans le cadre d'une intrigue polici re. Pr face _Dans un roman ant rieur qui a t fort bien accueilli par le public fran ais, La grande Ombre, Conan Doyle avait abord l' poque de la lutte acharn e entre l'Angleterre et Napol on. Il avait accompagn jusque sur le champ de bataille de Waterloo un jeune villageois arrach au calme des falaises natales par le d sir de prot ger le sol national contre le cauchemar de l'invasion fran aise, qui hantait alors les imaginations britanniques._ Cette fois, dans une oeuvre nouvelle, la peinture est plus large. _C'est toute l'Angleterre du temps du roi Georges qui revit d'une vie intense dans les pages de Jim Harrison boxeur, avec son prince de Galles aux in puisables dettes, ses dandys l gants et bizarres, ses marins audacieux et tenaces group s avec art autour de Nelson et de la trop c l bre Lady Hamilton, ses champions de boxe dont les exploits entretiennent au del de la Manche le go t des exercices violents, entra nement indispensable un peuple qui voulait tenir t te aux grognards de Napol on, aux marins de nos escadres et aux corsaires de Surcouf et de ses mules._ _Le tableau est complet et trac par une plume comp tente, Conan Doyle s'appliquant d crire ce qu'il conna t bien et vitant d s lors les grosses erreurs qui tachent certains de ses romans historiques, Les R fugi s par exemple._ _Les ditions anglaises portent le titre de Rodney Stone. C'est, en effet, le fils du marin Stone, compagnon de Nelson, qui est cens tenir la plume et voquer le souvenir des jours de sa jeunesse pour l'instruction de ses enfants. Mais Rodney Stone, s'il est le fil qui relie les feuillets du r cit, n'en est jamais le h ros. me simple et moyenne, il n'a pas l'envergure qui conquiert l'int r t._ Le vrai h ros du roman, c'est Jim Harrison, lev par le champion Harrison qui s'est retir du Ring apr s un terrible combat o il faillit tuer son adversaire, et tabli forgeron Friar's Oak.

The untold story of Sherlock Holmes’ greatest rival, Moriarty! Before he was Sherlock’s rival, Moriarty fought against the unfair class caste system in London by making sure corrupt nobility got their comeuppance. But even the most well-intentioned plans can spin out of control—will Moriarty’s dream of a more just and equal world turn him into a hero…or a monster? Years have passed since the revelation that turned blind and brilliant engineer Von Herder’s life upside down. Upon learning the dark secret of how he really lost his sight, Herder had promptly left the Durham Institute in Germany to make a new life for himself in England. But as Herder continues to share the story of his past, it soon becomes clear that the Durham Institute is now involved in something much more sinister than he could have ever imagined.

The untold story of Sherlock Holmes’ greatest rival, Moriarty! Before he was Sherlock’s rival, Moriarty fought against the unfair class caste system in London by making sure corrupt nobility got their comeuppance. But even the most well-intentioned plans can spin out of control—will Moriarty’s dream of a more just and equal world turn him into a hero…or a monster? While a new street drug quietly eats away at the streets of London, the eerie death of the daughter of a now-penniless noble family catches the eye of the Great Detective Sherlock Holmes. The twists and turns of his investigation soon uncover a crumbling estate filled with exotic beasts, an eccentric father with an unhealthy obsession toward his daughter, and a secretive tribe of nomadic Romani. But how are all of these clues connected? And what do they have to do with the mysterious “speckled band”?

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Kendi Cinayetini Çözmeye Çalisan Genç Bir Kadinin Nefes Kesici Hikâyesi! WoodStock’in en varlikli ailelerinden birinin kizi olan 27 yasindaki Jet Mason, hayatini hep erteleyerek yasamistir. Ancak artik sandigi kadar zamani olmadigini ögrenir. Cadilar Bayrami gecesi ugradigi vahsi saldiri Jet’in beyninde ölümcül bir hasara yol açar. Doktorlara göre agir bir anevrizma nedeniyle en geç bir hafta içinde ölecektir. Jet bugüne dek hiç düsmani olmadigindan emindir; yine de yaklasan son, onu hayatindaki herkesi yeniden sorgulamayazorlar. Ailesi, bir zamanlar en yakin oldugu arkadasi, eski sevgilisi, hatta abisi bile artik süpheliler arasindadir. Tek güvendigi insansa, çocukluk arkadasi Billy’dir ve Jet bu dünyadaki son günlerini onunla birlikte kendi cinayetinin ardindaki sir perdesini kaldirmakla geçirmek istiyor. Zaman daralirken, sirlar birer birer açiga çikar… Ve Jet, ölmeden önce gerçege ulasmak zorundadir. New York Times Çoksatanlarin Zirvedeki Ismi Holly Jackson''dan Bol Sürprizli Bir Gerilim Romani.“Duygusal derinligin gerilimi besledigi bu roman, sürükleyici kurgusuyla gerilim severler için mükemmel bir seçim. Elinizden birakamayacaksiniz!“ —GUARDIAN