The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (NOOK Edition)

by Arthur Conan Doyle

Overview

Jules Verne has been called the father of modern science fiction and wrote over seventy books full of memorable characters. Here, in his most popular novel, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, marine biologist Pierre Aronnax and harpoonist Ned Land are sent to hunt a mysterious creature. Instead they discover a submarine helmed by the bitter and brilliant Captain Nemo and series of adventures under the sea.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940152130027
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	03/17/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	NOOK Book
Sales rank:	1,363
File size:	1 MB

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