The Best of Sherlock Holmes
Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.

These fifteen short stories, chosen by David Stuart Davies, former Editor of Sherlock magazine, show the master detective Sherlock Holmes at his most ingenious. Faithfully supported by his chronicler, Dr Watson, Holmes pits his wits against 'the Napoleon of Crime', Professor Moriarty, assists European royalty threatened by disgrace, helps to solve the mysterious death of a young woman due to be married, and becomes involved with other intrigues that defeat the detectives of Scotland Yard. The original illustrations from The Strand magazine by Sidney Paget accompany each story.

Stories included in this edition are:

A Scandal in Bohemia

The Red-Headed League

The Boscombe Valley Mystery

The Man with the Twisted Lip

The Blue Carbuncle

The Speckled Band

Silver Blaze

The Musgrave Ritual

The Dancing Man

The Solitary Cyclist

Charles Augustus Milverton

The Six Napoleons

The Abbey Grange

The Second Stain

The Devil's Foot

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The Best of Sherlock Holmes
Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.

These fifteen short stories, chosen by David Stuart Davies, former Editor of Sherlock magazine, show the master detective Sherlock Holmes at his most ingenious. Faithfully supported by his chronicler, Dr Watson, Holmes pits his wits against 'the Napoleon of Crime', Professor Moriarty, assists European royalty threatened by disgrace, helps to solve the mysterious death of a young woman due to be married, and becomes involved with other intrigues that defeat the detectives of Scotland Yard. The original illustrations from The Strand magazine by Sidney Paget accompany each story.

Stories included in this edition are:

A Scandal in Bohemia

The Red-Headed League

The Boscombe Valley Mystery

The Man with the Twisted Lip

The Blue Carbuncle

The Speckled Band

Silver Blaze

The Musgrave Ritual

The Dancing Man

The Solitary Cyclist

Charles Augustus Milverton

The Six Napoleons

The Abbey Grange

The Second Stain

The Devil's Foot

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Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.

These fifteen short stories, chosen by David Stuart Davies, former Editor of Sherlock magazine, show the master detective Sherlock Holmes at his most ingenious. Faithfully supported by his chronicler, Dr Watson, Holmes pits his wits against 'the Napoleon of Crime', Professor Moriarty, assists European royalty threatened by disgrace, helps to solve the mysterious death of a young woman due to be married, and becomes involved with other intrigues that defeat the detectives of Scotland Yard. The original illustrations from The Strand magazine by Sidney Paget accompany each story.

Stories included in this edition are:

A Scandal in Bohemia

The Red-Headed League

The Boscombe Valley Mystery

The Man with the Twisted Lip

The Blue Carbuncle

The Speckled Band

Silver Blaze

The Musgrave Ritual

The Dancing Man

The Solitary Cyclist

Charles Augustus Milverton

The Six Napoleons

The Abbey Grange

The Second Stain

The Devil's Foot


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781642291957
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Publication date: 10/31/2024
Series: Ignatius Critical Editions
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 418
File size: 4 MB
Age Range: 13 - 18 Years

About the Author

About The Author
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) studied medicine at Edinburgh University, but ultimately gave up medicine to pursue a career in writing both fiction and non-fiction. His iconic sleuths, Holmes and Watson, have entertained generations of readers.

Date of Birth:

May 22, 1859

Date of Death:

July 7, 1930

Place of Birth:

Edinburgh, Scotland

Place of Death:

Crowborough, Sussex, England

Education:

Edinburgh University, B.M., 1881; M.D., 1885

Table of Contents

A Scandal in Bohemia

The Red-Headed League

The Boscombe Valley Mystery

The Man with the Twisted Lip

The Blue Carbuncle

The Speckled Band

Silver Blaze

The Musgrave Ritual

The Dancing Man

The Solitary Cyclist

Charles Augustus Milverton

The Six Napoleons

The Abbey Grange

The Second Stain

The Devil's Foot

Afterword

Biography

Bibliography

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