Arthur Conan Doyle
Fancy a good mystery? Dive into this Sherlock Holmes tale from the pen of the master, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Drawn from Doyle's last collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans centers on a set of secret blueprints for a state-of-the-art underwater vessel—and the identity of the man who was carrying them when he fell to his death from a moving train. A must-read for fans of classic detective
...Today, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's place in the literary canon is secured by his series of detective stories featuring the idiosyncratic but brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes. However, Doyle's literary talents were wide-ranging, and he dabbled in many genres over the course of his career. The Firm of Girdlestone is a novel in the classic suspense tradition in which a greedy father-and-son team resort to terrible crimes to keep their floundering
...Though best remembered as the brilliant writer responsible for bringing master detective Sherlock Holmes to life, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a well-regarded thinker with wide-ranging interests, and he addressed many metaphysical and esoteric topics in a series of essays penned over the course of his career. In this volume, Conan Doyle offers some of his insights into the value of personal spiritual experiences and their relationship to traditional
...Nine spine-tingling stories from the creator of Sherlock Holmes
Mournful cries in an ice-bound sea, a potion that allows the user to commune with ghosts, an Egyptian priest who cannot die, and a mesmerist of unrivaled power. Brace yourself for these and other chilling encounters in The Parasite and Other Tales of Terror. Even before he created Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle terrified and delighted readers with tales
...Although Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is best known as the creator of the brilliant fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, the author tried his hand at a number of different genres before perfecting the detective story. The Captain of the Polestar showcases a different, but equally engrossing, side of the author's undeniable talent for fiction.
In The Man From Archangel, Arthur Conan Doyle branches out from the detective stories that made him famous and delves into the genre of action-adventure and, interestingly enough, a series of stories that focus on first-hand accounts of life as a physician. No matter what the subject may be, Conan Doyle is a master story-spinner, and the gripping tales in this volume attest to his unparalleled narrative skill.
12) The Parasite
Today, readers revere Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as a master of the detective fiction genre. However, he had a life-long interest in the occult and the supernatural which long predated his creation of Sherlock Holmes, and many of his fiction and non-fiction works deal with these topics. In The Parasite, Conan Doyle explores the relationship between an exceedingly rational professor who succumbs to the charm of a beautiful clairvoyant and mesmerist—and
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