The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Sherlock Complete Set by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The world's best-known detective Sherlock Holmes puts his unparalleled powers of deduction to work again.
'I have heard, Mr. Holmes, that you can see deeply into the manifold wickedness of the human heart.'
Scandal, treachery and crime are rife in Old London Town. A king blackmailed by his mistress, dark dealings in Opium dens, stolen jewels, a missing bride - these are cases so fiendishly complex that only the great Sherlock Holmes would dare to investigate. For he, and he alone, has the extraordinary faculty of perception and almost unhuman energy which could solve them ...
About the Author
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh on May 22, 1859. He was a physician and writer, most noted for his Sherlock Holmes books, which are generally considered a major innovation in crime fiction. Conan Doyle had 2 children with his first wife, Louise Hawkins, who died in 1906. He went on to marry Jean Lackie, with whom he had 3 more children. He died of a heart attack in 1930.
Paperback | 352 pages
132 x 198 x 22mm | 253g
18 Dec 2006
Headline Publishing Group
Headline Review
London, United Kingdom
English
0755334353
9780755334353
Condition: Good
A secondhand book that has been read but is in good condition. Minor damage to the cover, including very minor scuff marks, and obvious creasing, but no holes or tears. All pages are undamaged, with no creasing or tearing, no pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages.