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El regreso de Sherlock Holmes es una colección de trece historias —publicadas por vez primera entre 1903 y 1904 en Strand Magazine—, que Arthur Conan Doyle escribió en respuesta al descontento de los fans producido por el final que el escritor había dado al famoso detective en "El problema final". La insistente petición de los lectores, impulsó a Doyle a resucitar a Holmes, a quien hizo retornar a Londres para demostrar su asombrosa capacidad...
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The Sign Of Four is the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle wrote four novels and 56 stories starring the fictional detective. The story is set in 1888. The SIGN OF THE FOUR has a complex plot involving service in East India Company, India, the Indian Rebellion of 1857, a stolen treasure, and a secret pact among four convicts ("the Four" of the title) and two corrupt prison guards. It presents the detective's...
3) His Last Bow
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Arthur Conan Doyle's His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes(1917) is an outstanding collection of some of the later stories and most dramatic exploits of Detective Holmes and Dr. Watson. These stories were composed between 1908 and 1917, with the exception of the infamous tale "The Cardboard Box", which was written in 1893. Six of these adventures were initially published The Strand magazine, and the final titular story was published...
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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,...
5) The Refugees
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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 Refugees" (1893) is a historical novel by British writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It revolves around Amory de Catinat, a Huguenot guardsman of Louis XIV, and Amos Green, an American who comes to visit...
6) 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...
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The monotony of thick smog-shrouded London is broken by a sudden visit from Holmes's brother Mycroft. He has come about some missing, secret submarine plans. Seven of the ten pages - three are still missing - were found with Arthur Cadogan West's body. He was a young clerk in a government office at Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, whose body was found next to the Underground tracks near the Aldgate tube station, his head crushed. He had little money with...
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It has been three years since Sherlock Holmes fell to his death after a showdown with his brilliant enemy Moriarty at Reichenbach Falls. Believing his friend to be dead, Doctor John Watson has moved on with his life. That is, until he discovers Sherlock Holmes alive and in disguise one afternoon in a London shop. A whole new series of adventures awaits Holmes and Watson, and the consulting detective must use the science of deduction to solve new mysteries,...
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Sherlock Holmes said, "When you have eliminated all which is possible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." With his crisp logic Holmes puts together all the clues to come to the answer that solves a murder or burglary and gives him the advantage over any criminal. He confesses life bores him except for these problems that afford him excitement as he searches for solutions. When he has no detective work to occupy him he plays...
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Holmes is visited by a perturbed proper English gentleman, John Scott Eccles, who wishes to discuss something "grotesque". No sooner has he arrived at 221B Baker Street than Inspector Gregson also shows up, along with Inspector Baynes of the Surrey Constabulary. They wish a statement from Eccles about the murder near Esher last night. A note in the dead man's pocket indicates that Eccles said that he would be at the victim's house that night. Eccles...
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The White Company Arthur Conan Doyle - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's notoriety lies primarily in his Sherlock Holmes stories, which remain the quintessential crime and detective novels of the twentieth century. However, before his days of penning detective fiction for zealous audiences, Doyle found inspiration for his novel "The White Company" in an 1889 lecture on medieval times. He had read over a hundred volumes on the period of Edward III and the Hundred...
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Dr. Watson is called to 221b Baker Street to check on Holmes, who is apparently dying of a rare Asian disease contracted while he was on a case. Watson is shocked, having heard nothing about his friend's illness. Mrs. Hudson says that he has neither eaten nor drunk anything in three days. Upon arriving, Watson finds Holmes in his bed looking very ill and gaunt indeed, and Holmes proceeds to make several odd demands of Watson. He is not to come near...
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In "The Adventure of the Second Stain", Watson and Holmes are engaged by the Prime Minister and the European Secretary to help recover a sensitive stolen political document. Tracking the document to a recently murdered spy, Holmes realizes that the European Secretary's wife actually has the letter. The questions immediately pile up in this tale of international intrigue, blackmail and double-dealing.
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In "The Adventure of the Norwood Builder", a young lawyer asks Holmes to clear him of the charge murdering a rich man soon after preparing the man's will. Inspector Lestrade is convinced of the young attorney's guilt and believes he has finally bested Holmes, but by the use of forensic science and a bogus house fire, Holmes is able to exonerate the young lawyer while proving he was set-up.
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In "The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez", a young man working as the assistant to a Professor has been murdered. While it appears that anyone could have entered the house and committed the murder, a clue in the form of a pair of gold glasses is found near the body. Working on the assumption that the killer wore the glasses as well as several other clues, Holmes comes to the chilling realization that the murderer is still in the house.
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In "The Adventure of the Six Napoleons", someone is destroying small busts of Napoleon Bonaparte. At first merely a nuisance, vandalism quickly turns to murder after one of the statue owners finds a dead man on his doorstep beside a smashed statue. Reasoning his way back to the source of the statues, Holmes determines that there is more to this case than just antipathy towards the great French leader. Can Holmes and Watson solve the mystery before...
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In "The Adventure of Black Peter", a ship captain is found dead, stabbed through with a harpoon. Police inspector Stanley Hopkins, who is being mentored by Sherlock Holmes brings the case to Holmes and Dr. Watson. An abusive man, the captain had many enemies, widening the suspect list. The investigation finds Holmes & company on a stakeout, on a case that involves a chance meetings on the high seas, and stolen securities.
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In "The Adventure of the Abbey Grange", Holmes and Watson are asked to assist on a home invasion and murder case. A woman reports that a gang of men broke into her home, killed her husband, tied her up, and stole the family silver. Though it seems like a clear-cut case of robbery gone wrong, Holmes's gut tells him otherwise. But what motive lies behind this erstwhile victim's story?
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In "The Adventure of the Empty House", Sherlock Holmes reappears in London after a 3-year absence, shocking Dr. Watson who believed his good friend had been killed in a confrontation with Professor Moriarty at Reichenbach Falls. Holmes is compelled to outwit the "second most dangerous man in London" who has a good reason to hope for Holmes' demise. From the 1905 collection "The Return of Sherlock Holmes".
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