A mysterious light in a strange valley leads to danger - and more... The mystery of the Mary Celeste - solved ... An ailing and paranoid General threatens his daughter's marriage.. These are the first two short stories, and first novel for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, which started one of the most successful writing careers of all times Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle died on July 7, 1930, in his home, Windlesham Manor, in Crowborough, East Sussex. He was 71 years of age, having had a long and successful life and career. But his stories have lived on, reprinted again and again, as these three...

A Bachelor. A bejeweled Coronet. A Suspicious Job Offer. These are the fodder that piques Sherlock Holmes' interest inb thes three cases, reported and narrated by Holmes' steadfast ally, Dr. Watson. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (May 22, 1859 - July 7, 1930) was a British writer and physician, most noted for his fictional stories about the most famous detective Sherlock Holmes, who is generally considered THE milestone Character in the field of crime fiction Conan Doyle was a prolific writer whose other works include fantasy and science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction...

Robert Louis Stevenson's two most famous stories, Treasure Island and Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, are included herein, along with his underrated Fables, fun shorts on life, Stevenson's stories and more Buccaneers, pirate ships, treasure and more - it doesn't get more exciting than Treasure Island A strange brew, murder and mayhem - enough strangeness to keep you on the edge of your seat as everyone tries to figure out the mystery of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Sit back and rest after all that excitement, as Stevenson's shorts entertain and enlighten in Fables These Classics have...

Rudyard Kipling was born on 30 December 1865 in Bombay, to Alice Kipling (nee MacDonald) and John Lockwood Kipling. Kipling spent nearly a decade, from 1883-89 in British India, working for local newspapers such as the Civil and Military Gazette in Lahore and The Pioneer in Allahabad. The Civil and Military Gazette in Lahore, the newspaper which Kipling was to call his "mistress and most true love," appeared six days a week throughout the year except for one-day breaks for Christmas and Easter. Kipling wrote the Jungle Book in 1894. Other famous works include Kim (1901), The Man Who Would Be...

The Combat of Ferdiad and Cuchulain Being that Most Famous Passage from the Irish Celtic Story, Tain Bo Cualnge (The Cattle-Raid of Cooley) From a translation by, Joseph Dunn Illustrated Edition Edited by, D. Gardner