The Valley of Fear (Illustrated with TOC and Original Commentary)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) was a Scottish physician and writer known around the world for his stories about detective Sherlock Holmes, which all but created the literary field of crime fiction and made the name Sherlock Holmes synonymous with detectives. Aside from the Sherlock Holmes stories, he was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

The Valley of Fear is the final Sherlock Holmes novel written by Conan Doyle, first published in the Strand Magazine between September 1914 and May 1915. The first book edition was published in New York on 27 February 1915. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson receive a letter from an informant who is known by the pseudonym Fred Porlock. The letter is written in a numeric code, and Holmes realizes that the numbers refer to words in a book , by page and column, and the detectives set out to find out what the code says.

This edition of The Valley of Fear is specially formatted with a Table of Contents, an original introduction, and images of Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes, and other characters from the novel.
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The Valley of Fear (Illustrated with TOC and Original Commentary)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) was a Scottish physician and writer known around the world for his stories about detective Sherlock Holmes, which all but created the literary field of crime fiction and made the name Sherlock Holmes synonymous with detectives. Aside from the Sherlock Holmes stories, he was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

The Valley of Fear is the final Sherlock Holmes novel written by Conan Doyle, first published in the Strand Magazine between September 1914 and May 1915. The first book edition was published in New York on 27 February 1915. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson receive a letter from an informant who is known by the pseudonym Fred Porlock. The letter is written in a numeric code, and Holmes realizes that the numbers refer to words in a book , by page and column, and the detectives set out to find out what the code says.

This edition of The Valley of Fear is specially formatted with a Table of Contents, an original introduction, and images of Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes, and other characters from the novel.
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The Valley of Fear (Illustrated with TOC and Original Commentary)

The Valley of Fear (Illustrated with TOC and Original Commentary)

The Valley of Fear (Illustrated with TOC and Original Commentary)

The Valley of Fear (Illustrated with TOC and Original Commentary)

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Overview

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) was a Scottish physician and writer known around the world for his stories about detective Sherlock Holmes, which all but created the literary field of crime fiction and made the name Sherlock Holmes synonymous with detectives. Aside from the Sherlock Holmes stories, he was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

The Valley of Fear is the final Sherlock Holmes novel written by Conan Doyle, first published in the Strand Magazine between September 1914 and May 1915. The first book edition was published in New York on 27 February 1915. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson receive a letter from an informant who is known by the pseudonym Fred Porlock. The letter is written in a numeric code, and Holmes realizes that the numbers refer to words in a book , by page and column, and the detectives set out to find out what the code says.

This edition of The Valley of Fear is specially formatted with a Table of Contents, an original introduction, and images of Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes, and other characters from the novel.

Product Details

BN ID: 2940012945112
Publisher: Charles River Editors
Publication date: 06/12/2011
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 851 KB

About the Author

About The Author

A prolific author of books, short stories, poetry, and more, the Scottish writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) is best known for the creation of one of literature’s most vivid and enduring characters: Sherlock Holmes. Through detailed observation, vast knowledge, and brilliant deduction, Holmes and his trusted friend, Dr. Watson, step into the swirling fog of Victorian London to rescue the innocent, confound the guilty, and solve the most perplexing puzzles known to literature.

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
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