Böcker av Arthur Conan Doyle

First published in 1880, The Sign of the Four - the second Sherlock Holmes novel after A Study in Scarlet, published three years earlier - will sweep the readers away into a story of murders, betrayals, double-crossings and stolen treasures, and is an enduring testament to the storytelling genius of Arthur Conan Doyle.

For the past six years, Mary Morstan has received a valuable pearl in the post. After the sixth pearl, an anonymous letter requests a meeting. Is this linked to her father's disappearance or the death of Major Sholto, her father's friend? This edition of Conan Doyle's classic Sherlock Holmes mystery comes with accessible and informative notes.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was a Scottish physician and writer. Although he wrote a number of series, such as his Professor Challenger stories, he is by far best known as the creator of Sherlock Holmes. In later life he gained notoriety for his belief in spiritualism and the Cottingley Fairies. The Valley of Fear (1914/5) is the fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel. Here a fraternal organization in an American mining community is used as a front for terrorist activities against mine owners, and the efforts to bring them down result in a murder in England years later. The Valley of Fear is also notable for being one of the only two instances in the Sherlockian canon Professor James Moriarty is mentioned. This book is in the Deseret Alphabet, a phonetic alphabet for writing English developed in the mid-19th century at the University of Deseret (now the University of Utah).

'I find myself in a very strange and mysterious situation.'

Den berömda och framgångsrika tävlingshästen Silverbläsen försvinner kvällen före ett viktigt lopp och ryttaren hittas död. När Sherlock Holmes och doktor Watson kommer till tävlingsstallet på Dartmoorheden har polisen redan arresterat en misstänkt, men för Holmes är det flera saker som inte verkar stämma.Den andra novellsamlingen om mästerdetektiven Sherlock Holmes. Novellerna publicerades från början i The Strand Magazine i Storbritannien 1891-1892.Sir Arthur Conan Doyle var en skotsk läkare och författare, född i Edinburgh 1859 och död i Crowborough i East Sussex 1930. Han är mest känd för att ha skapat den berömda mästerdetektiven Sherlock Holmes och hans följeslagare doktor Watson. Totalt skrev han 56 noveller och 4 romaner om det kända paret. Berättelserna har också filmatiserats flera gånger.

Mästerdetektiven Sherlock Holmes är tillbaka i en samling spännande berättelser som utspelar sig från Dartmoor i England till Reichenbachfallen i Schweiz. Här får vi bland annat följa fallet med den försvunna kapplöpningshästen och dess avlidne tränare, just som prestigefyllda Wessex Cup står för dörren. Holmes berättar även för sin följeslagare Watson om sina mest minnesvärda fall från tiden innan de båda träffades. Och sist men inte minst skildras hans möte med ärkefienden professor Moriarty – i en bokstavlig kamp på liv och död ... Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) var en skotsk författare. Han är mest känd för sina böcker om detektiven Sherlock Holmes.

Sherlock Holmes har i flera veckor spårat professor James Moriarty och hans kriminella nätverk. Han ser det som höjdpunkten på sin karriär att krossa det kriminella geniet och hans organisation medan Moriarty å sin sida är ute efter att stoppa Holmes. Konflikten kulminerar i en ödesdiger närkamp vid Reichenbachfallen i schweiziska Alperna.Den andra novellsamlingen om mästerdetektiven Sherlock Holmes. Novellerna publicerades från början i The Strand Magazine i Storbritannien 1892-1893.Sir Arthur Conan Doyle var en skotsk läkare och författare, född i Edinburgh 1859 och död i Crowborough i East Sussex 1930. Han är mest känd för att ha skapat den berömda mästerdetektiven Sherlock Holmes och hans följeslagare doktor Watson. Totalt skrev han 56 noveller och 4 romaner om det kända paret. Berättelserna har också filmatiserats flera gånger.

Doktor Watson beger sig till en opiumhåla på jakt efter maken till sin frus väninna. Men i opiumhålan hittar han inte bara den försvunna maken, utan dessutom en förklädd Sherlock Holmes som även han är på jakt efter en försvunnen man. Vad har hänt med Neville St. Clair och varför är det inte hans handstil på kuvertet på brevet som skickats till hans fru? Hur passar den välkända tiggaren Boone in i pusslet?Den första novellsamlingen om mästerdetektiven Sherlock Holmes. Novellerna publicerades från början i The Strand Magazine i Storbritannien 1891-1892.Sir Arthur Conan Doyle var en skotsk läkare och författare, född i Edinburgh 1859 och död i Crowborough i East Sussex 1930. Han är mest känd för att ha skapat den berömda mästerdetektiven Sherlock Holmes och hans följeslagare doktor Watson. Totalt skrev han 56 noveller och 4 romaner om det kända paret. Berättelserna har också filmatiserats flera gånger.

London's criminal underworld has risen once again, and a dangerous individual with an air gun is prowling the streets. The capital is in greater need of its protector Sherlock Holmes than ever. Third volume in the Alma Classics Sherlock Holmes stories, it contains all the stories originally published under this collection.

Sherlock Holmes is perennially popular and has most recently gained further fans through the BBC TV series with Benedict Cumberbatch in the lead role.

'Well, Watson, we seem to have fallen upon evil days'Sherlock Holmes: the quintessential British hero and the world's most popular detective.

From the strange case of 'The Red-Headed League' to the extraordinary tale of 'The Engineer's Thumb', Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr Watson grapple with treachery, murder, and ingenious crimes of all kinds. But no case is too challening for the immortal detective's unique power of deduction.

Arthur Conan Doyle discusses how the spiritualism movement began and grew, and how he himself came to believe that talking with the spirits of the deceased was possible.The core tenet of spiritualism is the belief that the spirits of the deceased can communicate with the living. In order to establish contact, a person can attend a seance, or privately consult the services of a spiritualist medium. Mediums are persons deemed consistently able to attain communication with spirits, and receive messages from the spirit realm.Doyle's history recounts a number of incidents and people pertaining to spiritualism, and the growth of interest over the years. Many of the events date to the 19th and early 20th centuries, and Doyle quotes various testimonies in support of spirit manifestations. The behaviors and messages of spirits are described, while the author's own personal journey toward adherence is likewise alluded to.

Arthur Conan Doyle discusses how the spiritualism movement began and grew, and how he himself came to believe that talking with the spirits of the deceased was possible.The core tenet of spiritualism is the belief that the spirits of the deceased can communicate with the living. In order to establish contact, a person can attend a seance, or privately consult the services of a spiritualist medium. Mediums are persons deemed consistently able to attain communication with spirits, and receive messages from the spirit realm.Doyle's history recounts a number of incidents and people pertaining to spiritualism, and the growth of interest over the years. Many of the events date to the 19th and early 20th centuries, and Doyle quotes various testimonies in support of spirit manifestations. The behaviors and messages of spirits are described, while the author's own personal journey toward adherence is likewise alluded to.

Available post-free in the UK from the publisher's website, www.lifeisamazing.co.uk.When in 1887 Beeton's Christmas Annual included a story about a brilliant consulting detective written by an obscure doctor living in Southsea, Portsmouth, nobody could have predicted the massive influence Sherlock Holmes would have on the world of detective fiction. Perhaps that's why the cheap book bound in fragile paper wraps was discarded by so many Victorian households after the Christmas season was over. Famously, there are just 34 copies still in existence, of which 11 are complete, making the prospect of owning an original virtually impossible for the Sherlock Holmes collector. Using the original artwork, this unlimited edition contains all the pages of the original edition. Including the original adverts and the accompanying works, this book is a fascinating historical document - and an affordable choice for the lover of all things Sherlock.

Journalist Ed Malone is looking for an adventure, and that's exactly what he finds when he meets the eccentric Professor Challenger - an adventure that leads Malone and his three companions deep into the Amazon jungle, to a lost world where dinosaurs roam free.

"Dr. Watson, Mr. Sherlock Holmes," said Stamford, introducing us. "How are you?" he said cordially, gripping my hand with a strength for which I should hardly have given him credit. "You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive." "How on earth did you know that?" I asked in astonishment. "Never mind," said he, chuckling to himself. At that first sight of Watson, Sherlock Holmes made brilliant deductions. But even he couldn't know that their meeting was inaugurating a friendship that would make himself and the good Doctor cultural icons, as popular as ever more than a century after their 1887 debut. Through four novels and fifty-six stories, Arthur Conan Doyle led the pair through dramatic adventures that continue to thrill readers today, offering an unmatched combination of skillful plotting, period detail, humor, and distinctive characters. For a Holmes fan, there are few pleasures comparable to returning to his richly imagined world--the gaslit streets of Victorian London, the companionable clutter of 221B Baker Street, the reliable fuddlement (and nerves of steel) of Watson, the perverse genius of Holmes himself. It's all there in The Daily Sherlock Holmes, the perfect bedside companion for fans of the world's only consulting detective. Within these pages readers will find a quotation for every day of the year, drawn from across the Conan Doyle canon. Beloved characters and familiar lines recall favorite stories and scenes, while other passages remind us that Conan Doyle had a way with description and a ready wit. Moriarty and Mycroft, Lestrade and Mrs. Hudson; the Hound, the Red-Headed League, the Speckled Band, and the dread Reichenbach Falls--it's all here, anchored, of course, in that unforgettable duo of Holmes and Watson. No book published this year will bring a Holmes fan more pleasure. Come, readers. The game is afoot.

Sherlock Holmes is perennially popular, gaining further fans through the BBC TV series with Benedict Cumberbatch.

Challenger believes he can find a lost world full of dinosaurs in the middle of the Amazon forest. But this world is dangerous to reach, and, once the Professor and his small group of explorers arrive, things get even more dangerous for them. Will they return alive?

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Upon the ground around the body were the footprints of a gigantic hound! When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead, his face distorted with shock and horror, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are faced with a sinister and difficult puzzle.