The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a compilation of twelve short Sherlock Holmes stories that was published on October 31st, 1892 and written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The character, Sherlock Holmes, was previously introduced to the world in a novel called 'A Study in Scarlet, ' in a Christmas 'annua

Le prime dodici avventure di Sherlock Holmes raccolte in un unico libro: "La lega dai capelli rossi," "L'uomo dal labbro spaccato," "IL mistero della valle Boscombe," "Uno scandalo in Boemia," "Il carbonchio azzurro," "La treccia rivelatrice," "I cinque semi d'arancia," "Il pollice dell'ingegnere," "La testa rossa," "Un caso d'identita," "Nozze illustri," "Un diadema di smeraldi.""

Les amoureux du plus celebre des detectives retrouveront dans ce recueil les nouvelles qui suivent: Charles Auguste Milverton - Les Six Napoleons - Le Pince-nez D'or - Le champion qui manque - L'abbaye de Grange - La seconde tache."

Sherlock Holmes recoit un message l'avertissant de l'assassinat d'un certain Douglas de Birlstone Manor House. L'inspecteur Mac Donald de Scotland Yard vient lui annoncer cette meme nouvelle. Ils partent donc sur place. Le mort a ete tue d'un coup de winchester sur la figure. Il est meconnaissable. Mais il porte les bagues du maitre de maison, sauf son alliance et a ce curieux tatouage a l'avant-bras..."

A STUDY IN SCARLET is an 1887 detective novel by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Written in 1886, the story marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who would become among the most famous characters in literature. The book's title derives from a speech given by Holmes, an amateur detective, to his friend and chronicler Watson on the nature of his work, in which he describes the story's murder investigation as his "study in scarlet" "There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and...