Sportsman, doctor, historian and writer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) created one of the most enduring - indeed, legendary - characters in English literature: Sherlock Holmes, the brilliantly observational denizen of 221B Baker Street. Conan Doyle was born of Irish parents in Edinburgh and educated partly in Great Britain and partly in Germany. He qualified as a medical doctor in Southsea, but the absence of both patients and revenue persuaded him, as he himself has related, to turn his daydreams into imaginative writings. The result was a true stroke of genius, the creation of the...
Sportsman, doctor, historian and writer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) created one of the most enduring - indeed, legendary - characters in Engli...
Dame History is so austere a lady that if one has been so ill-advised as to take a liberty with her one should hasten to make amends by repentance and confession. Events have been transposed to the extent of some few months in this narrative in order to preserve the continuity and evenness of the story. . . .
-- Arthur Conan Doyle "Undershaw," November 30, 1905
Dame History is so austere a lady that if one has been so ill-advised as to take a liberty with her one should hasten to make amends by repentance and...
Dame History is so austere a lady that if one has been so ill-advised as to take a liberty with her one should hasten to make amends by repentance and confession. Events have been transposed to the extent of some few months in this narrative in order to preserve the continuity and evenness of the story. . . . -- Arthur Conan Doyle "Undershaw," November 30, 1905
Dame History is so austere a lady that if one has been so ill-advised as to take a liberty with her one should hasten to make amends by repentance ...
This edition of the celebrated Sherlock Holmes novel is one of a series consisting of unabridged versions of 19th-century classics, with introductions, glossaries, and activities for individuals, pairs and groups.
This edition of the celebrated Sherlock Holmes novel is one of a series consisting of unabridged versions of 19th-century classics, with introductions...
This edition of the Sherlock Holmes short stories is one of a series consisting of unabridged versions of 19th-century classics, with introductions, glossaries, and activities for individuals, pairs and groups.
This edition of the Sherlock Holmes short stories is one of a series consisting of unabridged versions of 19th-century classics, with introductions, g...
When Sherlock Holmes and Watson are summoned to the country to investigate John Douglas's murder, it begins to look as though the past might finally have caught up with him. This title offers activities designed to support the KS3 Framework for Teaching English and help students to meet the Framework objectives.
When Sherlock Holmes and Watson are summoned to the country to investigate John Douglas's murder, it begins to look as though the past might finally h...
Out of his smoke-filled rooms in Baker Street stalks a figure to cause the criminal classes to quake in their boots and rush from their dens of inequity ... The twelve mysteries gathered in this first collection of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson's adventures reveal the brilliant consulting detective at the height of his powers. Problems involving a man with a twisted lip, a fabulous blue carbuncle and five orange pips tax Sherlock Holmes' intellect alongside some of his most famous cases, including A Scandal in Bohemia and The Red-Headed League.
Out of his smoke-filled rooms in Baker Street stalks a figure to cause the criminal classes to quake in their boots and rush from their dens of inequi...
At the head of the Grande Armee march the Hussars of Conflans-and leading them is Brigadier Gerard These are the adventures of Conan Doyle's incomparable French hero-the finest swordsman in the Light Cavalry-Etienne Gerard. Arranged for the first time in historical chronological order, his many enthusiasts can now properly appreciate his colourful career as he fights, loves and blunders his way through the Napoleonic epoch-from his earliest adventure as a young blade determined to reach his lady love despite the unwelcome attention of her fathers bull-through many campaigns and special...
At the head of the Grande Armee march the Hussars of Conflans-and leading them is Brigadier Gerard These are the adventures of Conan Doyle's inco...