The return of Sherlock Holmes /
Ten years after the supposed death of Sherlock Holmes at the Reichenbach Falls, Arthur Conan Doyle was to bow to popular pressure and breathe new life into his creation. To the astonishment of Dr Watson, and the delight of his readers, Holmes reappears in Baker Street to embark on a new series of ad...
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| Accesso online: | Electronic book from EBSCO |
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| Natura: | eBook |
| Lingua: | English |
| Pubblicazione: | Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994. |
| Serie: | Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930. Oxford Sherlock Holmes.
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| Riassunto: | Ten years after the supposed death of Sherlock Holmes at the Reichenbach Falls, Arthur Conan Doyle was to bow to popular pressure and breathe new life into his creation. To the astonishment of Dr Watson, and the delight of his readers, Holmes reappears in Baker Street to embark on a new series of adventures. Amongst the famous cases he and Watson tackle are `The Dancing Men', `The Solitary Cyclist', and `The Six Napoleons'. Conan Doyle's own life provides inspiration for thetales, from his days as a student doctor on a Greenland whaler to the overwhelming grief he experienced from his wife's s. |
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| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xlvii, 408 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxiv-xxxix). |
| ISBN: | 9780191506086 0191506087 1283923718 9781283923712 |
| Accesso: | Access limited to authorized users. |