Arthur Conan Doyle

Brigadier Gerard is an officer in Napoleon's army-recklessly brave, engagingly openhearted, and unshakable (if not a little absurd) in his devotion to the enigmatic emperor. Arthur Conan Doyle's wonderful stories about the brigadier are as funny as they are hair-raising, and the brigadier himself has long since found a place in the hearts of his admirers second only to that of Doyle's incomparable Sherlock Holmes. Gerard's comic adventures are sure...

A collection of Sherlock Holmes mystery adventures, including "A Scandal in Bohemia," "The Red-Headed League," "The Speckled Band," and "The Beryl Coronet."

This monumental edition promises to be the most important new contribution to Sherlock Holmes literature since William Baring-Gould's 1967 classic work. In this boxed set, Leslie Klinger, a leading world authority, reassembles Arthur Conan Doyle's 56 classic short stories in the order in which they appeared in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century book editions. Inside, readers will find a cornucopia of insights: beginners will benefit from...

You are Sherlock Holmes, consulting detective. You have been approached by three desperate clients, each of whom presents a compelling case for you to solve. Now, you must choose which mysteries are worth investigating and which might be too dangerous. Every moment, your life is at risk. Use your cunning to search for evidence, follow the clues, and survive such perils as vile criminals, clever traps, and even wild animals. Can You Survive the Adventures...

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle es el creador del detective más famoso de la literatura, Sherlock Holmes. Las 12 historias reunidas en este volumen se publicaron entre 1891 y 1892 en la revista Strand. El mismo Conan Doyle cataloga estas historias como sus favoritas y las más centrales del estilo holmesiano.

Rodney Stone and his best friend, Jim Harrison (the relative of a blacksmith and former boxer) have always been drawn to dark and dangerous places. When they wander into Cliffe Royale, an old, deserted mansion that was the scene of a gruesome murder fifteen years earlier, they're both frightened and strangely excited to cross paths with a ghostly figure. Before they can identify who the ghost is and what it wants, Rodney's wealthy uncle, Sir Charles...

Después de que sir Charles Baskerville aparezca muerto en extrañas circunstancias, su médico solicita los servicios de Holmes. Aunque los habitantes del condado creen que el noble ha sido víctima del sabueso infernal que ha hostigado a su linaje generación tras generación, el detective tratará de no permitir que las falsedades enturbien su juicio analítico para desenmascarar al asesino de sir Baskerville.