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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish writer and physician, most noted for his fictional stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. "The Tragedy of the Korosko" (1898) is a novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was serialised a year earlier in The Strand magazine between May and December 1897. It was later adapted into a play Fires of Fate...
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This early work by Arthur Conan Doyle was originally published in 1826 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography as part of our Professor Challenger series. Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1859. It was between 1876 and 1881, while studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh, that he began writing short stories, and his first piece was published in Chambers's Edinburgh Journal before he was 20....
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"El valle del terror" (1914) es la 4º y última novela de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 – 1930) en la que aparece Sherlock Holmes, su mítico personaje.
En ella, que anticipa el género de la "novela negra", una vez más el genial investigador descubre la identidad de un asesino usando su increíble capacidad de análisis y deducción…
Pero lo extraño es la estructura de la novela donde, tras la primera parte, dedicada en su totalidad al esclarecimiento...
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Stories of adventures and derring-do featuring the man who is "after Holmes and Watson, Arthur Conan Doyle's most successful literary creation" (Julian Symons, Edgar Award–winning British crime writer).
Originally published in The Strand magazine in the 1890s, the tales of Etienne Gerard, a veteran of the Napoleonic Wars, shows Arthur Conan Doyle at his satiric best. In his own words, Gerard takes readers through his illustrious career, his...
5) The Refugees
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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish writer and physician, most noted for his fictional stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. "The Refugees" (1893) is a historical novel by British writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It revolves around Amory de Catinat, a Huguenot guardsman of Louis XIV, and Amos Green, an American who comes to visit...
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17 nouvelles enquêtes de Sherlock Holmes: Un scandale en Bohême, La disparition de Lady Frances Carfax, La ligue des rouquins, Le rituel des Musgrave, Le pouce de l'ingénieur, Flamme d'argent, Le gentilhomme célibataire, Le diadème de béryls, La bande mouchetée, Une affaire d'identité, Les hêtres d'or, L'escarboucle bleue, L'aventure du pied du diable, L'aventure du cercle rouge, Les cinq pépins d'orange, Le mystère de la vallée de Boscombes,...
7) Micah Clarke
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This exciting historical romance by the creator of Sherlock Holmes unfolds during the ill-fated Monmouth Rebellion of 1685, in which Protestant dissenters attempted to overthrow their Catholic monarch. Young Micah Clarke ventures off to join the rebels, falling in with a veteran soldier of fortune, and the pair weather a harrowing series of battles, recounted by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle with his customary wit and élan. Micah Clarke offers a vivid portrait...
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Tras la desaparición de su padre en circunstancias poco claras, la señorita Mary Morstan empieza a recibir perlas de alguien cuya identidad desconoce y que le ha citado para reunirse con ella. Mary recurre a Sherlock Holmes, quien acepta desentrañar el caso y, junto con Watson, acudir como acompañante de la muchacha a la cita. El encuentro les conduce a Thaddeus Sholto y su hermano, hijos de un amigo del padre de la señorita Morton, quienes les...
9) Uncle Bernac
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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish writer and physician, most noted for his fictional stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. In the book "Uncle Bernac" a young French aristocrat in exile receives a mysterious invitation to join his uncle in France and enter into Napoleon's service. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)
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This early work by Arthur Conan Doyle was originally published in 1889 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1859. It was between 1876 and 1881, while studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh, that he began writing short stories, and his first piece was published in Chambers's Edinburgh Journal before he was 20. In 1887, Conan Doyle's first significant...
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Estudio en escarlata es la primera historia del legendario detective Sherlock Holmes y de su amigo, el doctor Watson, un cirujano militar que regresa a Londres tras su participación en la guerra. Watson y Holmes se mudan al famoso número 221B de Baker Street, donde Watson se enfrenta a las excentricidades de Holmes y a su mágica habilidad para la deducción.
En esta oportunidad Holmes es llamado para resolver un extraño asesinato: una casa desierta,...
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Cuando sir Arthur Conan Doyle convirtió en personaje popular su Sherlock Holmes, el público incondicional, habituado a leer novelas por entregas en los periódicos y revistas, demandó vorazmente nuevas historias ingeniosas y divertidas. Su autor, que sin duda prefería el relato corto a la novela de gran extensión, publicó varias decenas de nuevos casos para lucir la perspicacia de su detective y entretener los mejores ratos de sus lectores fieles.
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Escándalo en Bohemia es el primero de los 56 relatos cortos sobre Sherlock Holmes, un detective con varias habilidades, escrito por Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Como toda historia comienza con un misterio, aquí el Doctor Watson, relata con sutileza la forma en que la reunión se desarrolla. Sherlock Holmes es llamado por un caballero enmascarado. Se presenta como el conde Von Kramm, un agente de un cliente adinerado, pero Holmes deduce rápidamente...
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A Study in Scarlet is an 1887 detective novel written by Arthur Conan Doyle. The story marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who would become the most famous detective duo in popular fiction. The book's title derives from a speech given by Holmes, a consulting 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...
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Abandon yourself to the spell of six short stories filled with thrills and dark suspense. Here are tales by the masters of mystery and horror- A. Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, Saki, Oscar Wilde and Ambrose Bierce- taking on a new energy and force through performances by Recorded Books' critically-acclaimed narrators. Ranging from dungeons to drawing rooms, and peopled with extraordinary ghouls and doomed dowagers, the tales are guaranteed to raise...
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Extrait : "Aujourd'hui, 1er janvier de l'année 1851, le dix-neuvième siècle est arrivé à sa moitié, et parmi nous qui avons été jeunes avec lui, un bon nombre ont déjà reçu des avertissements qui nous apprennent qu'il nous a usés. Nous autres, les vieux, nous rapprochons nos têtes grisonnantes et nous parlons de la grande époque que nous avons connue, mais quand c'est avec nos fils que nous nous entretenons, nous éprouvons de grandes...
17) A Desert Drama
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A fantastic novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about a group of European and American tourists taken hostage in Egypt by Islamic extremists.
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"The Dealings of Captain Sharkey" is a collection of adventure stories by an English writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930). Captain Sharkey is the terror of the Caribbean Sea. His ship called "Happy Delivery" keeps ranging the vast of waters and attacking the defenceless galleons. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle became a world-famous writer due to his novels "The Hound of the Baskervilles", "The Sign of the Four", "The Speckled Band", "A Scandal in Bohemia",...
19) The Lost World
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Originally published serially in 1912, "The Lost World" is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic tale of discovery and adventure. The story begins with the narrator, the curious and intrepid reporter Edward Malone, meeting Professor Challenger, a strange and brilliant paleontologist who insists that he has found dinosaurs still alive deep in the Amazon. Malone agrees to accompany Challenger, as well as Challenger's unconvinced colleague Professor Summerlee,...
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The consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes, and his faithful companion Dr. Watson, are two of fiction's most intriguing figures. This volume contains all four Sherlock Holmes novels - A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles and The Valley of Fear - as well as all the short stories originally collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Facing down Victorian villains and elusive criminals...
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