Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: 439 books

Best known as the creator of super-sleuth Sherlock Holmes, Conan Doyle also wrote thrilling tales of the supernatural and the corruption of technology. His sharp wit and chillingly detailed writing are at their peak in this diverse collection of adventures, ranging from the cunning escapades of a...

This book is strictly for those with an interest in either the later life of Conan Doyle or the spiritualist movement in the first part of the twentieth century. The book describes the author's lecture tour of Australia and New Zealand in the early 1920s. The content is more concerned with...

The Emperor Napoleon fondly said of Etienne Gerard "that if he has the thickest head he has also the stoutest heart in my army." This description accurately captures the self-described hero of eighteen gem-like short stories produced by Arthur Conan Doyle. Brigadier Gerard, a bombastic, heroic gascon...

From “A Scandal in Bohemia,” in which Sherlock Holmes is famously outwitted by a woman, the captivating Irene Adler, to “The Five Orange Pips,” in which the master detective is pitted against the Ku Klux Klan, to “The Final Problem,” in which Holmes and his archenemy, Professor Moriarty,...

Introduction by Laurie R. King   The most famous of the Sherlock Holmes stories, The Hound of the Baskervilles features the phantom dog of Dartmoor, which, according to an ancient legend, has haunted the Baskervilles for generations. When Sir Charles Baskerville dies suddenly of a heart attack on...

Las Memorias de Sherlock Holmes es una colección de historias de Sherlock Holmes, originariamente publicado en 1894, por Arthur Conan Doyle. Las doce historias (11 en las ediciones americanas) de las Memorias son: Estrella de plata. La aventura de la caja de cartón. (Esta...

His Last Bow is a collection of seven Sherlock Holmes stories (eight in some editions) by Arthur Conan Doyle, first in The Strand Magazine September 1908 to December 1913, plus the one-off title story (September 1917), also called A Reminiscence of Sherlock Holmes under Reminiscences of Mr. Sherlock...

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his famous detective and illustrated by Sidney Paget. The 1939 film starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce was based on the stage play by William Gillette and was not a direct adaptation of...

5 histoires pleines de mystères pour faire frissonner les lecteurs les plus courageux ! Âge : 10-13 ans Au sommaire : - Enquête en haute mer de Christian Ponchon Une nouvelle aventure du jeune détective James Watson. Embarqué sur le Early Bird, le petit-neveu du célèbre Watson...

Ce livre numérique comporte une table des matières dynamique. Il est parfaitement mis en page pour une lecture sur liseuse électronique. Arthur Conan Doyle est un écrivain et médecin écossais (1859 – 1930), célèbre pour les aventures de Sherlock Holmes Extrait :...

During the dark days of World War I, a young British soldier asked Arthur Conan Doyle what Sherlock Holmes was doing to assist in the war effort. That encounter reputedly inspired the story "His Last Bow," in which the celebrated detective is drawn from his retirement to reunite with the...

In "The Final Problem," the tale that preceded this collection, the world's most famous detective had a seemingly fatal encounter with his nemesis, Professor Moriarty. When Sherlock Holmes's devoted fans refused to allow Arthur Conan Doyle to kill their beloved sleuth, the author complied with more...

Er ist der berühmteste Detektiv aller Zeiten: Sherlock Holmes, wohnhaft in London, 221b Baker Street. Mit den Geschichten um den exaltierten, blitzgescheiten Meisterdetektiv Holmes und seinen etwas einfältigen Partner Dr. Watson wurde Arthur Conan Doyle zum Begründer des modernen Kriminalromans.

O sucesso da série Sherlock, da BBC, apresentou o lendário detetive de Arthur Conan Doyle a uma nova geração de fãs. Esta edição da clássica coletânea de histórias de Sherlock Holmes, com introdução escrita pelo roteirista da série, Steve Thompson, permite que os fãs conheçam toda a...