Le docteur Mortimer rend visite a Sherlock Holmes et son ami le docteur Watson pour leur expliquer les circonstances etranges de la mort de son ami et patient, Sir Charles Baskerville. Le vieil homme au coeur fragile a succombe a une attaque cardiaque apres une courte promenade nocturne dans les jardins du manoir, qui donne sur la lande brumeuse du Devonshire. Mortimer raconte a Holmes une legende vieille de plusieurs siecles qui court sur cette famille. Il lui montre un manuscrit date de 1742 rapportant que Hugo Baskerville, un ancetre cruel, aurait ete egorge par un chien demoniaque apres...

Le docteur Mortimer rend visite a Sherlock Holmes et son ami le docteur Watson pour leur expliquer les circonstances etranges de la mort de son ami et patient, Sir Charles Baskerville. Le vieil homme au coeur fragile a succombe a une attaque cardiaque apres une courte promenade nocturne dans les jardins du manoir, qui donne sur la lande brumeuse du Devonshire. Mortimer raconte a Holmes une legende vieille de plusieurs siecles qui court sur cette famille. Il lui montre un manuscrit date de 1742 rapportant que Hugo Baskerville, un ancetre cruel, aurait ete egorge par un chien demoniaque apres...

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22. toukokuuta 1859 - 7. heinakuuta 1930) oli skotlantilainen kirjailija, joka tunnetaan parhaiten yksityisetsiva Sherlock Holmesista kertovista tarinoista. Han kirjoitti myos tieteiskirjallisuutta, historiallisia romaaneja, runoutta ja tietokirjallisuutta. Arthur Conan Doyle syntyi Edinburghissa, Skotlannissa. Koska hanen vanhempansa olivat hartaita katolilaisia, poika lahetettiin yhdeksanvuotiaana jesuiittojen alkeiskouluun. Uskonnollista hanesta ei kuitenkaan tullut, vaan Doyle hylkasi katolilaisuuden ja hanesta tuli agnostikko. Tassa kirjassa: Baskervillen...

If ever a writer needed an introduction Arthur Conan Doyle would not be considered that man. After all, Sherlock Holmes is perhaps the foremost literary detective of any age. Add to this canon his stories of science fiction and horror, his historical novels, his political campaigning, his efforts in establishing a Court Of Appeal, his poetical works and there is little room for anything else. Except he was also a dedicated and voluminous historian writing much about the wars in Southern Africa and the First World War. His analysis and description of events is to be admired and his style is...

If ever a writer needed an introduction Arthur Conan Doyle would not be considered that man. After all, Sherlock Holmes is perhaps the foremost literary detective of any age. Add to this canon his stories of science fiction and horror, his historical novels, his political campaigning, his efforts in establishing a Court Of Appeal, his poetical works and there is little room for anything else. Except he was also a dedicated and voluminous historian writing much about the wars in Southern Africa and the First World War. His analysis and description of events is to be admired and his style is...

If ever a writer needed an introduction Arthur Conan Doyle would not be considered that man. After all, Sherlock Holmes is perhaps the foremost literary detective of any age. Add to this canon his stories of science fiction and horror, his historical novels, his political campaigning, his efforts in establishing a Court Of Appeal, his poetical works and there is little room for anything else. Except he was also a dedicated and voluminous historian writing much about the wars in Southern Africa and the First World War. His analysis and description of events is to be admired and his style is...

If ever a writer needed an introduction Arthur Conan Doyle would not be considered that man. After all, Sherlock Holmes is perhaps the foremost literary detective of any age. Add to this canon his stories of science fiction and horror, his historical novels, his political campaigning, his efforts in establishing a Court Of Appeal, his poetical works and there is little room for anything else. Except he was also a dedicated and voluminous historian writing much about the wars in Southern Africa and the First World War. His analysis and description of events is to be admired and his style is...

The entire series of Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle is now available in large print, using the best practices for senior readers and those who are visually impaired. Each story includes the original Sherlock Holmes mystery as well as a note from the series editor, Craig Stephen Copland, the author of the New Sherlock Holmes Mysteries books. A distinguished professor, The Creeping Man, has fallen in love with a much younger woman and is planning to marry ler. But he is no longer young. So he experiments. Today we have Viagra. Back then it was serum from monkey glands. The side...

The entire series of Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle is now available in large print, using the best practices for senior readers and those who are visually impaired. Each story includes the original Sherlock Holmes mystery as well as a note from the series editor, Craig Stephen Copland, the author of the New Sherlock Holmes Mysteries books. An Illustrious Client, a very highly-placed member of the aristocracy, enters 221B asking help from Sherlock Holmes. But he is not acting for himself. He is only a spokesman for the most illustrious client in the country. They need Holmes's...

The entire series of Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle is now available in large print, using the best practices for senior readers and those who are visually impaired. Each story includes the original Sherlock Holmes mystery as well as a note from the series editor, Craig Stephen Copland, the author of the New Sherlock Holmes Mysteries books. The mystery of The Blanched Soldier begins when a young veteran of the Boer War asks for help from Sherlock Holmes. His closet mate during that war had vanished. He tracked him down and found him, but he appears to be held captive in his...