Doyle, Arthur Conan
His last bow: some reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes - Oxford Oxford University Press 1996 - xlix, 252p. - The World's Classics .
'His Last Bow., the title story of this collection, tells how Sherlock Holmes is brought out of retirement to help the Government fight the German threat at the approach of the First World War. The Prime Minister himself requests Holmes's services to hunt down the remarkable German agent, Von Bork. Several of the detective's earlier cases complete the volume, including 'Wisteria Lodge', 'The Bruce-Partington Plans' and 'The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax'. In 'The Dying Detective'. Dr. Watson is horrified to discover Holmes at death's door from a mysterious tropical disease as his friend lays a trap for a murderer.
0192823817
English Literature
Private investigators
England
Holmes, Sherlock
Detective and mystery stories, English
823.8 / DOY/H
His last bow: some reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes - Oxford Oxford University Press 1996 - xlix, 252p. - The World's Classics .
'His Last Bow., the title story of this collection, tells how Sherlock Holmes is brought out of retirement to help the Government fight the German threat at the approach of the First World War. The Prime Minister himself requests Holmes's services to hunt down the remarkable German agent, Von Bork. Several of the detective's earlier cases complete the volume, including 'Wisteria Lodge', 'The Bruce-Partington Plans' and 'The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax'. In 'The Dying Detective'. Dr. Watson is horrified to discover Holmes at death's door from a mysterious tropical disease as his friend lays a trap for a murderer.
0192823817
English Literature
Private investigators
England
Holmes, Sherlock
Detective and mystery stories, English
823.8 / DOY/H