A Study in Scarlet & The Sign of the Four: Arthur Conan Doyle - Rilegato

Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

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ISBN 10: 1909621765 ISBN 13: 9781909621763

Casa editrice: Macmillan Collectors Library, 2016

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Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh in 1859. After a rigorous Jesuit education, at Stonyhurst College in Lancashire, he trained to be a doctor at Edinburgh University. Eventually he set up in medical practice in Southsea and, during the quiet periods between patients, he turned his hand to writing. Although Sherlock Holmes was Doyle's greatest creation, he believed his historical novels such as Micah Clarke and The White Company were of greater literary quality. He also created the irascible Professor Challenger in The Lost World and the comic French soldier Brigadier Gerard who appeared in a series of short stories. Doyle was knighted in 1902. Towards the end of his life he devoted much of his time to his belief in Spiritualism, using his writings as a means of providing funds to support his activities in this field. He died in 1930.

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Two novels featuring Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson in a pocket hardback edition

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All legends begin somewhere, and the two novels here are where one of the world's best-loved legends began. In A Study in Scarlet, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson first meet and investigate a seemingly impossible mystery that begins with a corpse in a deserted house. In The Sign of the Four the detective faces an even greater challenge: solving both the disappearance of Captain Arthur Morstan and the theft of the Agra treasure in India.

In this Macmillan Collector's Library edition, Sherlock scholar David Stuart Davies provides an illuminating afterword.

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.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Macmillan Collectors Library
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1909621765
• ISBN 13: 9781909621763
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 325
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile