The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes carries us into the mysterious world that Sherlock Holmes and his friend Dr. Watson are looking into. It s a whirlwind of adventures as together they solve cases and restore innocent lives. Not only do they catch the criminals but also try to help the helpless victims. What are they up to now? Right from digging holes in the ground to acting as dummies to trap the criminals, Sherlock Holmes is at his best. Come, let us join him in his mystery outings and thrilling adventures.
STUDENTS. It was in the year '95 that a combination of events, into which I need
not enter, caused Mr. Sherlock Holmes and myself to spend some weeks in one
of our great university towns, and it was during this time that the small but
instructive adventure which I am about to relate befell us. It will be obvious that
any details which would help the reader exactly to identify the college or the
criminal would be injudicious and offensive. So painful a scandal may well be
allowed to die out.
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. In this Macmillan Collector's Library edition, Sherlock scholar David Stuart Davies provides both an illuminating afterword and a fascinating chronology of the Sherlock Holmes stories. Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.
A Collection of Holmes Adventures: Easyread Large Bold Edition
Published in 1904, Doyle's The Return of Sherlock Holmes revives his famous character Holmes after his deadly encounter with the wicked Professor Moriarty in The Adventure of the Empty House. The collection contains stories such well-loved tales as The Adventure of the Six Napoleons and The Adventure of Black Peter. This EasyRead Large Bold Edition has been optimized for readers with reduced vision who prefer a bold print that stands out and facilitates reading.
In The Return of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle brings back one of his greatest characters for more sleuthing adventures. Sherlock Holmes is dead - or so everyone thinks, including his old friend Watson. But the great detective still has a few surprises up his sleeve, including a nasty shock for the criminals who thought to profit by his absence! This collection of thirteen cases features missing persons, forced marriage, secret codes, black-hearted sailors, and much more.
The greatest detective of them all is back... ''Holmes!' I cried. 'Is it really you? Can it indeed be that you are alive? Is it possible that you succeeded in climbing out of that awful abyss?'. The Great Sherlock Holmes is back from the dead and devoting his life once more to examining the criminal complexities of the capital. But his old enemies are watching his every move. Watching, waiting, plotting...
was no very unusual thing for Mr Lestrade, of Scotland Yard, to look in upon us of
an evening, and his visits were welcome to Sherlock Holmes, for they enabled
him to keep in touch with all that was going on at the police headquarters. In return for the news which Lestrade would bring, Holmes was always ready to
listen with attention to the details of any case upon which the detective was
engaged, and was able occasionally, without any active interference, to give
some hint or ...
Back by popular demand, the world's most famous detective returns from a seemingly fatal encounter with his nemesis, Professor Moriarty. Thirteen stories include "The Empty House," "The Dancing Men," and "The Six Napoleons."
Back by popular demand, the world's most famous detective returns from a seemingly fatal encounter with his nemesis, Professor Moriarty. Thirteen stories include "The Empty House," "The Dancing Men," and "The Six Napoleons."
Classic short stories of Sherlock Holmes now available in a separate, attractively priced individual volume. The publication of Leslie S. Klinger's brilliant new annotations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic Holmes short stories in 2004 created a Holmes sensation. Available again in an attractively-priced edition identical to the first, except this edition has no outer slipcase (Volume One is available separately). Inside, readers will find all the short stories from The Return of Sherlock Holmes, His Last Bow and The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, with a cornucopia of insights: beginners will benefit from Klinger's insightful biographies of Holmes, Watson, and Conan Doyle; history lovers will revel in the wealth of Victorian literary and cultural details; Sherlockian fanatics will puzzle over tantalizing new theories; art lovers will thrill to the 450-plus illustrations, which make this the most lavishly illustrated edition of the Holmes tales ever produced. The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes illuminates the timeless genius of Arthur Conan Doyle for an entirely new generation of readers.
Available again in an attractively-priced edition identical to the first, except this edition has no outer slipcase (Volume One is available separately).
