RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES- Arthur Conan Doyle HB

Synopsis
THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
After his plunge to oblivion over the Reichenbach Falls, Sherlock Holmes's return was inevitable. However distracting the detective's popularity may have been to Conan Doyle in his pursuit of more 'serious' literary objectives, he found irresistible the flash of an idea that put the case of The Hound of the Baskervilles into Holmes's capable hands. Carefully setting the novel before Reichenbach, Conan Doyle nevertheless laid himself open to persuasion to produce a resurrection. And the return was spectacular: Holmes coolly foiling 'the second most dangerous' criminal, and unquestionably the best shot, in London in the act of attempting his own murder. 'You cunning, cunning fiend!' is all Colonel Sebastian Moran can fume as he is ignobly led off to Scotland Yard. Produced in rapid succession for periodical publication, but with the object of forming a complete book collection, these stories are set between 1894 and 1898 when Holmes is in magnificent form, certainly at the height of his reputation, and his partnership with Watson singularly effective.

Contents
Introduction by Angus Wilson
The Empty House
The Norwood Builder
The Dancing Men
The Solitary Cyclist
The Priory School
Black Peter
Charles Augustus Milverton
The Six Napoleons
The Three Students
The Golden Pince-nez
The Missing Three-quarter
The Abbey Grange
The Second Stain

Format ~ Hardback
Publisher ~ John Murray/ Jonathon Cape
ISBN Number ~ Murray: 0 7195 3015 6; Cape: 0 224 01017 4
Year of Publication ~ 1977
Number of Pages ~ 344
Size ~ 205 x 135mm
Price Clipped? ~ No
Writing within the Book? ~ No

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