WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY P.D. JAMES. This book contains all the investigations and adventures of the world's most popular detective, Sherlock Holmes. From 'The Adventure of the Gloria Scott' to 'His Last Bow' we follow the illustrious career of this quintessential British hero from his university days to his final case. His efforts to uncover the truth take him all over the world and into conflict with all manner of devious criminals and dangerous villains, but thankfully his legendary powers of deduction, and his faithful companion Dr Watson, are more than up to the challenge.

About the Author

Arthur Conan Doyle was born on 22 May 1859 in Edinburgh. He went to Stonyhurst school and then studied medicine at Edinburgh University, where one of his professors provided the model for his most famous creation. He began publishing stories in 1879 and his first Sherlock Holmes novel, A Study in Scarlet, was published in 1887. Holmes soon became an enormously popular figure and Doyle went on to write many stories and novels about him. He also published historical fiction, plays, essays and poems on a wide variety of subjects. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle died on 7 July 1930.

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Reviews

Though the text is not out of print, this new Barnes & Noble Classics edition is currently the most affordable collection of Holmes/ Watson outings. But don't let the price fool you. Besides the full text of the short story collections Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, this also includes the lengthier A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of Four, and The Hound of the Baskervilles, along with introductions to the author and his writings and endnotes. You don't have to be Holmes to deduce that this is a great bargain. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.