Sherlock Holmes: Volume 2 ( Knickerbocker classics)
Author(s): Arthur Conan Doyle
A stunning gift edition boasting the early tales of Sherlock Holmes, including a full-length novel and more short stories. Sherlock Holmes: Volume 2 continues the exciting adventures of the world's most famous pipe-smoking detective, Sherlock Holmes, featuring the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Included are the short story collection The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1894) and the novel The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902). From his home, 221B Baker Street in London, the legendary Sherlock Holmes (accompanied by his loyal companion and chronicler, Dr. Watson) employs his mastery of deductive reasoning and expert sleuthing to solve an arraying of complex and harrowing cases, baffling the police and becoming internationally renowned for his remarkable observations and even more eccentric habits. Complete and unabridged, this elegantly designed clothbound edition features an elastic closure and a new introduction by Doug Elliott.
Product Information
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE (1859-1930) was a Scottish physician and prolific writer of fiction and nonfiction. He is most well known for his four novels and fifty-six short stories featuring the legendary and eccentric detective Sherlock Holmes. Holmes, was modeled after Doyle's colleague, physician and surgeon Dr. Joseph Bell, who had been known for his acute powers of deductive observation. In his real life, Doyle worked in the name of justice too. He personally investigated two cases of innocent men who had been wrongfully imprisoned and helped to get them exonerated for their "crimes." DOUG ELLIOTT has been writing about Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle for more that 30 years. He is also the author of the historical thriller The Link.
General Fields
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- : Quarto Publishing Group USA
- : Rock Point
- : 0.508023
- : September 2015
- : 191mm X 146mm
- : United States
- : September 2015
- : books
Special Fields
- : Arthur Conan Doyle
- : Paperback
- : 1015
- : English
- : 823.912
- : 460