Arthur Conan Doyle
Though Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is best known for his immortal character Sherlock Holmes,
his tales of comic adventure featuring Brigadier Etienne Gerard, a French cavalry officer in the tine of the Napoleonic Wars, were equally beloved in their...
Through the foggy streets of Victorian London to the deepest countryside, Sherlock Holmes uses his unique powers of deduction in eight thrilling investigations, including the mysteries of 'The Speckled Band' and 'The Reigate Puzzle'.
With a captivating introduction by award-winning Jonathan Stroud.
Although Arthur Conan Doyle is now best remembered as the creator of the timeless Sherlock Holmes series of detective stories, he was also something of a social activist in his day who used his acclaim to shed light on injustices. In The Crime of the Congo, Conan Doyle builds a devastating case against the Congo Free State, a kind of sociopolitical experiment undertaken by Belgium's King Leopold II, under whose rule indigenous Africans were
...Best known as the creator of super-sleuth Sherlock Holmes, Conan Doyle also wrote thrilling tales of the supernatural and the corruption of technology. His sharp wit and chillingly detailed writing are at their peak in this diverse collection of adventures, ranging from the cunning escapades of a wartime...
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of several intriguing detective stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. This works is rightly ranked among the seminal ones of mystery and detective fiction.
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...We love ghost stories here at Wildside Press. If you've read the first 3 volumes in the Ghost Story MEGAPACK™ series, plus The Macabre MEGAPACK™ series, you're pretty well caught up with the classic supernatural fiction we've been reading lately. Don't worry, though—we'll keep digging for more classic horror tales!
Included in this volume are:
THE FOUR-FIFTEEN EXPRESS, by Amelia B. Edwards
THREE SPANISH LADIES, by Walter
...Estos son los dos primeros títulos que Conan Doyle dedicó a un personaje tan excéntrico como racional cuya pericia investigadora, deductiva y analítica sorprende a policías , detectives, asesinos y por supuetso a su nuevo amigo Watson.
Cuando el Dr. Watson decide compartir apartamento con Sherlock Holmes no se imagina, tampoco el lector en la primera página, las apasionantes aventuras que le esperan. Este libro prologado por Alberto Laiseca
...Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes y su querido Watson terminan en este libro, compuesto de varios relatos cuyos casos son más originales y estrafalarios de lo normal. La obra posee la categoría que exige el guión en casos de despedida: asuntos de vampiros y de viejos cadáveres. El hecho de que Holmes narre dos de los cuentos o el cariño que le expresa a Watson despiertan en el lector la sensación de querer volver a empezar con el primer libro,
...En el sabueso de Baskerville, vemos a Holmes haciendo cálculos con el más allá. Existe un halo sobrenatural y terrorífico que nos hace dudar de la resolución lógica del asunto, pero nada inabarcable al raciocinio de Holmes. En el segunto título de esta obra, Memorias de Sherlock Holmes, varios casos pondrán a prueba la destreza analítica del detective quien tendrá que enfrentarse a su primera equivocación, y a su propio creador decidido
...18) The Field Bazaar
The Field Bazaar was written during an Edinburgh University fundraising event. Doyle had been requested by his university to contribute a short piece of literature for a charity magazine. In the story Watson has received a similar request and whilst he reads the letter at breakfast, Holmes correctly deduces the sender of the letter and Watson's thoughts with regard to the letter. It shares many similarities to the canonical stories. Aside
...Sherlock Holmes is off on a new mission. "Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius." –Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear. Sherlock Holmes and Professor Watson are warned that someone named John Douglas is in grave danger and could be murdered at any time. The unfortunate event happens before Holmes can stop it and now he has to solve yet another daunting crime. He arrives at the crime
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