Arthur Conan Doyle

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

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Produktbeschreibung

Sherlock Holmes, the creation of the novelist Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of the world's greatest and most popular fiction detectives who is as famous for his deerstalker hat and pipe as he is for his acclaimed powers of intuition, sheer observation and deduction. Arthur describes Sherlock as an aloof man driven by a fierce intellect along with an unfathomable eccentricity in an equal measure. The Return of Sherlock Holmes is bound to captivate the readers imagination as he is back from the dead to recommence his practice and enthral everyone with his phenomenal skills. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, born in 1859 was an Irish-Scots writer and physician. He was best known for his detective fictional stories featuring the character Sherlock Holmes and his side-kick Dr. Watson. Conan Doyle's stories, with their ingenious plots are still being read all over the world. He was a prolific writer whose works include nearly 200 novels, science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction and historical novels.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hawk Press
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. März 1992
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 390g
• ISBN-13: 9789388318556
• ISBN-10: 9388318552
• Artikelnr.: 63288103

Autorenporträt

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 - 7 July 1930) was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. Originally a physician, in 1887 he published A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels about Holmes and Dr. Watson. In addition, Doyle wrote over fifty short stories featuring the famous detective. The Sherlock Holmes stories are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction.

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