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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish writer and physician, most noted for his fictional stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. "Danger! And Other Stories" (1918) was a collection of short stories The collection's title story, "Danger!", was written eighteen months before the outbreak of World War I. First published in the Strand Magazine...
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Although Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is best known as the creator of the brilliant fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, the author tried his hand at a number of different genres before perfecting the detective story. The Captain of the Polestar showcases a different, but equally engrossing, side of the author's undeniable talent for fiction.
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"The Musgrave Ritual" is a short story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. The story was originally published in Strand Magazine in 1919 and was collected later in “The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes”. Unlike the majority of Holmes stories, the main narrator is not Doctor Watson, but Sherlock Holmes himself. With Watson providing an introduction, the story within a story is a classic example of a frame tale....
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Stories of adventures and derring-do featuring the man who is "after Holmes and Watson, Arthur Conan Doyle's most successful literary creation" (Julian Symons, Edgar Award–winning British crime writer).
Originally published in The Strand magazine in the 1890s, the tales of Etienne Gerard, a veteran of the Napoleonic Wars, shows Arthur Conan Doyle at his satiric best. In his own words, Gerard takes readers through his illustrious career, his...
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No child is too young to appreciate the amazing deductive powers of the worlds smartest detective. These easy-to-read Sherlock Holmes stories provide the perfect introduction to the super sleuth and his friend and assistant, Dr. Watson. Among the intriguing tales: "A Scandal in Bohemia," Holmess first encounter with the mysterious Irene Adler, "The Red-Headed League", "The Adventure of the Six Napoleons" and others.
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El valle del miedo, publicada por primera vez en Strand Magazine entre 1914 y 1915, fue la última de las novelas protagonizadas por el detective Sherlock Holmes. Al igual que ya hiciera en su Estudio en escarlata, Doyle divide la historia en dos partes que se ambientan en sendos lugares separados por la distancia y el tiempo, si bien con un nexo común: la maquinación del gran Moriarty.
Sherlock recibe la noticia de un asesinato en Birlstone, Sussex,...
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Esta novela toma la forma de dieciséis cartas escritas por J. Stark Munro a su amigo Herbert Swanborough, de Massachusetts. Stark Munro es un recién graduado de la escuela de medicina, y en sus cartas detalla las dificultades que tiene para abrirse camino profesional de la mano de su brillante pero poco ortodoxo compañero James Cullingworth. De ese relato epistolar emana el proceso de formación de una mentalidad propia y muy singular que condicionará...
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Thrilling crime-solving exploits of Holmes and Dr. Watson in a collection of adventure classics: "The Red-Headed League," "A Scandal in Bohemia," "The Final Problem," "The Adventure of the Dancing Men," "Silver Blaze," "The Adventure of the Speckled Band," "The Engineer's Thumb," and "The Crooked Man."
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859—1930), best known as the author of Sherlock Holmes stories but also a devout spiritualist, was entirely convinced by a set of photographs apparently showing two young girls from Cottingley in Yorkshire playing with a group of tiny, translucent fairies. To demonstrate his unshakeable belief in the spirit world, he published The Coming of the Fairies in 1922. Doyle's book lays out the story of the photographs, their supposed...
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Venture back in time to Victorian London to join literature's greatest detective team, the brilliant Sherlock Holmes and his devoted assistant, Dr. Watson, as they investigate a dozen of their best-known cases. Originally published in 1892, this is the first and best collection of stories about the legendary sleuth. The collection includes one of the author's personal favorites: "A Scandal in Bohemia," in which a king is blackmailed by a former lover...
73) Micah Clarke
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This exciting historical romance by the creator of Sherlock Holmes unfolds during the ill-fated Monmouth Rebellion of 1685, in which Protestant dissenters attempted to overthrow their Catholic monarch. Young Micah Clarke ventures off to join the rebels, falling in with a veteran soldier of fortune, and the pair weather a harrowing series of battles, recounted by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle with his customary wit and élan. Micah Clarke offers a vivid portrait...
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Tras la desaparición de su padre en circunstancias poco claras, la señorita Mary Morstan empieza a recibir perlas de alguien cuya identidad desconoce y que le ha citado para reunirse con ella. Mary recurre a Sherlock Holmes, quien acepta desentrañar el caso y, junto con Watson, acudir como acompañante de la muchacha a la cita. El encuentro les conduce a Thaddeus Sholto y su hermano, hijos de un amigo del padre de la señorita Morton, quienes les...
75) The Parasite
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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish writer and physician, most noted for his fictional stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. "The Parasite" is a novel released in 1894 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Plot: The main character is a young man known as Austin Gilroy. He studies physiology and knows a professor who is studying the occult....
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DAS TAL DER ANGST beginnt mit einem rätselhaften Mord im Herzen Londons, der Holmes' unvergleichliche Fähigkeiten herausfordert. Die Auflösung des Falls führt ihn zusammen mit seinem treuen Begleiter Dr. Watson jedoch in die abgelegenen Berglandschaften eines gefährlichen Tals in Amerika.
Holmes und Watson sehen sich mit einem mysteriösen Verbrechen konfrontiert, das nicht nur Verbindungen zu einer mysteriösen Geheimorganisation aufweist,...
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EINE STUDIE IN SCHARLACHROT spielt im viktorianischen London, wo der brillante Detektiv Sherlock Holmes und sein Mitbewohner Dr. John Watson ihre erste gemeinsame Ermittlung beginnen. Am Anfang steht ein scheinbar einfacher Mord, doch schnell entspinnt sich ein komplexes Netz von Geheimnissen und Intrigen.
Während Holmes mit genialen Deduktionen beeindruckt, offenbart sich eine Geschichte von Rache, Liebe und (nahezu) unerklärlichen Verbindungen....
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DAS ZEICHEN DER VIER entführt seine Hörer:innen erneut in das viktorianische London, wo Holmes und Watson in einen neuen Fall verwickelt werden. Die Geschichte beginnt mit der geheimnisvollen Mary Morstan, die sich an die beiden wendet, um das rätselhafte Verschwinden ihres Vaters zu klären. Die Ermittlungen führen das ungleiche Duo durch düstere Straßen, an exotische Schauplätze und auf die Spur eines geheimnisvollen Schatzes.
Während sich...
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DER HUND DER BASKERVILLES führt den legendären Detektiv Sherlock Holmes und seinen treuen Begleiter Dr. John Watson in die nebligen Moorlandschaften von Dartmoor. Sir Charles Baskerville ist unter mysteriösen Umständen gestorben und der übernatürliche Fluch, der auf seiner Familie lastet, scheint wieder zum Leben erwacht zu sein.
Holmes und Watson werden beauftragt, den Tod von Sir Charles zu untersuchen und das Rätsel um den geheimnisvollen...