The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle, Coralie Bickford-Smith

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Penguin
03 December 2018

Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Classic crime; Short stories; Sherlock Holmes

Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics

A beautiful clothbound edition featuring some of the famous detective's most famous cases.

Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality, colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.

This collection includes many of the famous cases - and great strokes of brilliance - that made the legendary Sherlock Holmes one of fiction's most popular creations. With his devoted amanuensis, Dr Watson, Holmes emerges from his smoke filled rooms in Baker Street to grapple with the forces of treachery, intrigue and evil in such cases as 'The Speckled Band', in which a terrified woman begs their help in solving the mystery surrounding her sister's death, or 'A Scandal in Bohemia', which portrays a European king blackmailed by his mistress. In 'Silver Blaze' the pair investigate the disappearance of a racehorse and the violent murder of its trainer, while in 'The Final Problem' Holmes at last comes face to face with his nemesis, the diabolical Professor Moriarty - 'the Napoleon of crime'.

By: Arthur Conan Doyle, Coralie Bickford-Smith
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 204mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 38mm
Weight: 697g
ISBN: 9780241347782
ISBN 10: 0241347785
Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics
Pages: 576
Publication Date: 03 December 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was born in Edinburgh where he qualified as a doctor, but it was his writing which brought him fame, with the creation of Sherlock Holmes, the first scientific detective. He was also a convert to spiritualism and a social reformer who used his investigative skills to prove the innocence of individuals.

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