The Sherlock Holmes stories Pack

Resumen del libro

A gifty shrink-wrapped pack containing three volumes of Sherlock Holmes stories: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Memoirs of Sherlock Homes and The Return of Sherlock Holmes. These beautifully illustrated editions have a fresh and contemporary feel and contain extra material, including a profile of the author, a section on the book, a list of characters, a glossary and a test-yourself quiz. They are the perfect collection for anyone who loves a good detective story. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Illustrated by David Mackintosh From his Baker Street apartment, Sherlock Holmes wields his powers of deduction in pursuit of justice and truth, venturing out into foggy Victorian London accompanied by his faithful sidekick Dr Watson. This classic collection of Holmes tales includes many of the detective's most-loved exploits: Holmes is confronted by a venomous snake in The Adventure of the Speckled Band', mystified by a missing thumb in The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb' and beguiled by a beautiful opera singer in A Scandal in Bohemia', never once losing his famous cool. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Illustrated by David Mackintosh With Sherlock Holmes's reputation as the scourge of the criminal underworld preceding him, the ingenious detective, with the aid of Dr Watson, is confronted in these stories by some of his most fiendishly difficult cases yet. The collection culminates in The Final Problem', in which the evil Professor Moriarty is plotting the detective's downfall. Soon Holmes and Watson are led across Europe in a deadly pursuit of their devilish quarry, until the final showdown in Switzerland, at the precipitous Reichenbach Falls The Return of Sherlock Holmes London's criminal underworld has risen once again, and a dangerous individual with an air gun is prowling the streets. The capital is in greater need of its protector Sherlock Holmes than ever. Three years have passed since Holmes and the evil mastermind Professor Moriarty fell, locked in combat, into the Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland, and when Doctor Watson collides with an odd-looking old book collector in the street, little does he know that the world's greatest detective is about to return

Biografía del autor

ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE (Edimburgo, 1859 - Crowborough, 1930) fue el escritor más leído de su época gracias a su famosa creación, el detective Sherlock Holmes, bajo cuya sombra siempre vivió tanto su persona como el resto de su obra. Ejerció de médico un tiempo y se especializó en oftalmología hasta que el enorme éxito de sus relatos propició que abandonara la profesión. Dejando a un lado sus diferentes obras de teatro, ensayos, novelas y relatos, Conan Doyle escribió cuatro novelas y cincuenta y seis cuentos protagonizados por Sherlock Holmes y su compañero, el doctor Watson, los cuales sentaron los cimientos para mantener vivo uno de los mitos modernos más famosos y prolíficos de nuestra cultura.