Ebury Publishing Sherlock: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Eng...

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The first of the short story collections involving the consulting detective and his loyal sidekick, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes contains 12 short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. Summary of the book Set after A Study in Scarlet, these stories continue with Sherlock Holmes and Dr. James Watson, covering some of his best known stories. In these pages one finds: A Scandal in Bohemia, The Adventure of the Red-Headed League, A Case of Identity, The Boscombe Valley Mystery, The Five Orange Pips, The Man with the Twisted Lip, The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle, The Adventure of the Speckled Band, The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb, The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor, The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet and The Adventure of the Copper Beeches. These stories sealed Doyle's fate as the greatest detective story writer of his time, and of Sherlock Holmes as the greatest fictional detective ever. About Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a Scottish writer and physician best known for his mystery novels and short stories featuring Sherlock Holmes. He is also famous his Professor Challenger series detailed in: The Lost World, The Poison Belt and The Land of Mist. Doyle studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh. He was knighted in 1902 by King Edward for his services as a volunteer doctor in the Langman Field Hospital at Bloemfontein between March and June 1900. This edition includes an introduction by Mark Gatiss, the creator of the hit BBC TV series Sherlock.