It is more than a century since the ascetic, gaunt and enigmatic detective, Sherlock Holmes, made his first appearance in A Study in Scarlet. From 1891, beginning with The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the now legendary and pioneering Strand Magazine began serialising Arthur Conan Doyle's matchless[...]
'I have my eye on a suite in Baker Street...' So said Sherlock Holmes when he and Dr Watson first met. Their humble address at 221B Baker Street has since become almost as famous as the great detective himself, the incredible popularity of Sherlock Holmes' adventures never wavering over the last 120[...]
It's elementary, dear readers: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is perhaps the greatest collection of detective stories ever written. Penned by Arthur Conan Doyle, they first introduced the magical and eccentric Holmes to the readers of The Strand Magazine. In his consulting room at 221B Baker Stre[...]
These were the last 12 stories Conan Doyle wrote about Holmes and Watson. They reflect the disillusioned world of the 1920s in which they were written, and Doyle can be seen to take advantage of the new, more open conventions in fiction.[...]
This volume contains two of the greatest Sherlock Holmes novels penned by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Hound of the Baskervilles is the classic detective chiller. The Baskerville family is haunted by a phantom beast which roams the mist-enshrouded wilds of Dartmoor. Now The Hound seems to be stalking[...]
The "Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" is the second anthology of the adventures of the best-known detective of all time (letters are still received at his fictional address in London). It consists of twelve stories and there is an admirable afterword by David Stuart Davies, who is regarded as an authorit[...]
Walk beside Sherlock Holmes and solve the acclaimed mysteries that have fascinated readers for decades. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a prolific writer whose more than fifty books covered a range of genres from science fiction, plays, and romances, to poetry, nonfiction, and historical novels. His best[...]
Each volume in the "Collector's Library" series has a specially commissioned Afterword, brief biography of the author and a further reading list. The Afterword for this edition of is by David Stuart Davies.These fifteen short stories, chosen by David Stuart Davies, former Editor of "Sherlock" magazi[...]
When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead, his face distorted with shock and horror, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are faced with a sinister and difficult puzzle. A fearsome creature stalks the wild and barren hills of Dartmoor. Is it a demon from the spirit world? Will it defeat their skill and co[...]
The master of deduction, Sherlock Holmes, and his acolyte, Dr Watson, are here adapted into graphic novel form - a refreshing transformation which seems 'elementary' for books that have previously been made into films with suspenseful storylines and strong visual elements. Full of intrigue and witty[...]
Readers meet Sherlock Holmes for the first time in A Study in Scarlet. Doctor Watson relates how he met Holmes in the course of an impossible crime investigation which baffled the police. In the second half of the graphic novel, readers follow the detective as he tries to solve a murder in a Mormon [...]
The latest graphic adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes classic opens with Holmes experimenting with cocaine - but the detective's scientific enquiries are interrupted when an Englishwoman arrives on his doorstep with a tale of mysterious gifts of pearls and a letter promising to right the wrongs done to[...]
Sherlock Holmes is intrigued and disturbed when he receives an ominous coded message: a Mr. Douglas of Birlstone House is in terrible danger. Before Holmes can act, shocking news arrives. Douglas has been found dead - his face blown off by a shotgun. Scotland Yard is stumped. Was this suicide or mur[...]
Four of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's greatest stories engagingly adapted into graphic novels by three of the greatest illustrators of our time. Enjoy Sir Enjoy Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Lost World", "The Hound of the Baskervilles", "The Sign of Four" and "Sir Nigel" in these black and white comic st[...]
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Not only the creator of the immortal Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle produced a diverse and entertaining oeuvre of works, which you can now enjoy with ease on your eReader. This comprehensive eBooks offers the complete works of Conan Doyle, with beautiful illustrations and bonus texts. (Vers[...]
Boken innehåller fyra av Sherlock Holmes fall:
The Solitary Cyclist
The Beryl Coronet
The Engineer's Thumb
The Red-Headed League[...]
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