Arthur Conan Doyle
Although Arthur Conan Doyle is best remembered as one of the originators of the mystery and detective genre, his prodigious imagination was not limited to the case histories of super-sleuth Sherlock Holmes. The Doings of Raffles Haw is a fantasy novel that explores the nebulous origins of the fortune of a mysterious millionaire, delving into the shadowy scientific process that Raffles Haws has used to amass his extravagant wealth.
If you are under the impression that Arthur Conan Doyle's sole literary output consisted of short stories featuring Sherlock Holmes, The Refugees will change your opinion. This sprawling historical epic veers from France to North America and back again, chronicling the parallel struggles of the persecuted Huguenots and the oppressed indigenous tribes of Canada.
Some readers may be surprised to find out that the author responsible for creating one of the most rational, methodical characters in literary history — master detective Sherlock Holmes — was himself a dabbler in the poetic arts. Songs of the Road collects several dozen of Arthur Conan Doyle's best-known poems.
Many fans of Arthur Conan Doyle are best acquainted with the author's vast body of detective stories featuring detective Sherlock Holmes. But Doyle also wrote a number of horror and crime-related tales in which the illustrious Holmes doesn't make an appearance. This chilling tale, set in an Australian prison, gives readers a glimpse into the cold heart of a hardened criminal.
Most people know Arthur Conan Doyle created Sherlock Holmes. But he was a prolific writer throughout his long career, producing far more than just the Holmes mysteries. This volume assembles 65 of his non-Sherlockian tales, covering a wide range of subjects: mysteries, adventure, supernatural, medical, nautical, and pugelist stories are just the tip of the iceberg! Here, in more than 1,100 pages, is one of the largest collections of Doyle short
...Although Arthur Conan Doyle is now best remembered as the creator of the timeless Sherlock Holmes series of detective stories, he was also something of a social activist in his day who used his acclaim to shed light on injustices. In The Crime of the Congo, Conan Doyle builds a devastating case against the Congo Free State, a kind of sociopolitical experiment undertaken by Belgium's King Leopold II, under whose rule indigenous Africans were
...Murder, mayhem, and a hero with a drug addiction!
A desolate moor, a diabolical dog, and some inbred locals—Sherlock Holmes is really up against it. With the help of his trusty sidekick Dr. Watson, Holmes pieces together a mystery that has captured the imagination of readers across the decades—all while practicing a serious coffee and cocaine habit.
Originally published in a 1892 edition of Strand Magazine, The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle was one of twelve short stories to be included in the first Sherlock Holmes collection, the 1892 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. In this tale, Holmes and Watson investigate two cases—one involving a Christmas goose and a hat and the other, the theft of the Blue Carbuncle, a priceless jewel. The cases are quickly revealed
...A Study in Scarlet, a short novel published in 1887, was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's first Sherlock Holmes story. At the beginning of the book, Dr. Watson meets the detective for the first time and we ride along with them to the scene of a murder. The crime baffles the Scotland Yard detectives, but of course Holmes solves it easily. In the second half of the story, the scene shifts to Utah as we learn the murderer's history. The action returns
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