Download or read book Conan Doyle for the Defense written by Margalit Fox and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2019-06-25 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A wonderfully vivid portrait of the man behind Sherlock Holmes . . . Like all the best historical true crime books, it’s about so much more than crime.”—Tana French, author of In the Woods A sensational Edwardian murder. A scandalous wrongful conviction. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to the rescue—a true story. After a wealthy woman was brutally murdered in her Glasgow home in 1908, the police found a convenient suspect in Oscar Slater, an immigrant Jewish cardsharp. Though he was known to be innocent, Slater was tried, convicted, and consigned to life at hard labor. Outraged by this injustice, Arthur Conan Doyle, already world renowned as the creator of Sherlock Holmes, used the methods of his most famous character to reinvestigate the case, ultimately winning Slater’s freedom. With “an eye for the telling detail, a forensic sense of evidence and a relish for research” (The Wall Street Journal), Margalit Fox immerses readers in the science of Edwardian crime detection and illuminates a watershed moment in its history, when reflexive prejudice began to be replaced by reason and the scientific method. Praise for Conan Doyle for the Defense “Artful and compelling . . . [Fox’s] narrative momentum never flags. . . . Conan Doyle for the Defense will captivate almost any reader while being pure catnip for the devotee of true-crime writing.”—The Washington Post “Developed with brio . . . [Fox] is excellent in linking the 19th-century creation of policing and detection with the development of both detective fiction and the science of forensics—ballistics, fingerprints, toxicology and serology—as well as the quasi science of ‘criminal anthropology.’”—The New York Times Book Review “[Fox] has an eye for the telling detail, a forensic sense of evidence and a relish for research.”—The Wall Street Journal “Gripping . . . The book works on two levels, much like a good Holmes case. First, it is a fluid story of a crime. . . . Second, and more pertinently, it is a deeper story of how prejudice against a class of people, the covering up of sloppy police work and a poisonous political atmosphere can doom an innocent. We should all heed Holmes’s salutary lesson: rationally follow the facts to find the truth.”—Time
Download or read book The Sherlock Holmes Mysteries written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes an Introduction by Anne Perry and a New Afterword by Regina Barreca. Indisputably the greatest fictional detective of all time, Sherlock Holmes lives on—in films, on television, and of course through Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s inimitable craft. These twenty-two stories show Holmes at his brilliant best. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE THE NAVAL TREATY THE FINAL PROBLEM THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES THE CROOKED MAN THE RESIDENT PATIENT THE GREEK INTERPRETER THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIX NAPOLEONS THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL THE MUSGRAVE RITUAL THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN THE ADVENTURE OF THE ABBEY GRANGE
Download or read book The True Crime Files of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by Berkley Hardcover. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the events surrounding two criminal cases involving innocent men which Sir Arthur Conan Doyle took a personal interest induring the early twentieth century.
Download or read book The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by Phoemixx Classics Ebooks. This book was released on 2021-06-10 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is the series of short stories that made the fortunes of the Strand magazine, in which they were first published, and won immense popularity for Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. The detective is at the height of his powers and the volume is full of famous cases, including 'The Red-Headed League', 'The Blue Carbuncle', and 'The Speckled Band'. Although Holmes gained a reputation for infallibility, Conan Doyle showed his own realism and feminism by having the great detective defeated by Irene Adler - the woman - in the very first story, 'A Scandal in Bohemia'.The editor of this volume, Richard Lancelyn Green is editor of The Uncollected Sherlock Holmes and The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. With John Michael Gibson, he compiled the Soho Series Bibliography of A. Conan Doyle.
Download or read book Sherlock Holmes written by William Gillette and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A two-act play featuring Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson pitted against their arch-enemy, Professor Moriarty.
Download or read book A STUDY IN SCARLET Conna Doyle written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by Lebooks Editora. This book was released on 2024-02-18 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " A Study in Scarlet" is a famous work for introducing the character who would become iconic: the detective Sherlock Holmes. It is in this work that his encounter with Dr. Watson, the narrator and participant in the detective's adventures, takes place. In "A Study in Scarlet," a terrible enigma presents itself to the police and is masterfully unraveled by the famous detective. In this ebook, the reader will also have access to a rarity: a video recorded with the writer Arthur Conan Doyle. In the 1929 video, he recounts how he was inspired to create his famous character and the surprising reactions of people of the time to the charismatic detective Sherlock Holmes.
Download or read book The True Crime Files of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle written by Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir and published by . This book was released on 2001-08-30 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the legendary author of the Sherlock Holmes stories, got involved with two actual criminal cases and published his observations. Here, "literary prospector" Stephen Hines and Edgar Award-winning author Steven Womack present these cases-"The Case of George Ernest Thompson Edalji" and "The Case of Oscar Slater"-with newly rediscovered original source material and an introduction that places them in the context of Doyle's life.
Download or read book The Doctor and the Detective written by Martin Booth and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2013-05-10 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This entertaining, smart biography of Arthur Conan Doyle presents a modern day interpretation of the man who, contrary to his best efforts, will always be known as the creator of the great detective, Sherlock Holmes. Doyle was, however, much more, as Booth shows us in this intriguing study of a man who thrived on the times in which he lived. While Holmes fans will be captivated by the various tidbits that offer insight into their hero's creation; others will be fascinated by this living embodiment of the Victorian masculine ideal.
Download or read book Adventures of Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting 12 tales starring the legendary British detective Sherlock Holmes, this 1892 book is Arthur Conan Doyle's first short-story collection. The mystery compilation includes some of Holmes's finest cases with his dutiful sidekick, Doctor Watson, most notably "A Scandal in Bohemia," in which Holmes matches wits with the crafty former lover of a European king. Also featured is "The Adventure of the Red-Headed League," a study in misdirection that unfolds to become a much larger scheme. The stories, initially published in the Strand Magazine, are essential reading for Holmes fans.
Download or read book The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Reader written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2002 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best known as the creator of the consulting detective par excellence Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was a man of wide-ranging interests and talents, and his literary output went far beyond his Holmes and Watson stories. The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Reader collects works from all the genres in which he wrote, including mysteries, historical adventure tales, science fiction stories, ghost stories, plays, memoirs, essays on spiritualism (in which he was a dedicated believer) and reports on the Boer War and World War I. This collection features the account of Watson's first meeting with Holmes from A Study in Scarlet, an account of the dinosaurs inhabiting The Lost World, tales of Doyle's Napoleonic hero Brigadier Gerard, a condemnation of Belgium's exploitation of the Congo, and the complete text of his apocalyptic book The Poison Belt, in addition to several other stories and excerpts.
Download or read book Sherlock The Essential Arthur Conan Doyle Adventures written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sherlock co-creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss present their all-time favorite Sherlock Holmes adventures. The hit BBC series Sherlock has introduced a whole new generation of fans to Arthur Conan Doyle’s legendary detective. In this unique collection, Sherlock co-creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss have selected their all-time favorite Sherlock Holmes adventures. Each of these nineteen tales, from Sherlock’s first appearance in A Study in Scarlet to the late classic The Dying Detective, is a potent mix of murder, suspense, cryptic clues, red herrings, and revenge—a ground-breaking combination of forensic science and bold storytelling. Sherlock Holmes established new rules for what a fictional hero could be, and provided a template for detective stories we still follow today. This beautifully designed collection is the perfect introduction to the world of Sherlock Holmes and the ultimate gift for fans of the show it inspired.
Download or read book The Illustrated Sherlock Holmes written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 679 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes are overshadowed by the event with which they close - the meeting of the great detective and Moriarty, the Napoleon of Crime. Their struggle, seemingly to the death, was to leave many readers desolate at the loss of Holmes, but was also to lead to his immortality as a literary figure.
Download or read book The Supernatural Tales of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by Trans-Atlantic Publications. This book was released on 1987 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories of ghosts, demons, vampires, werewolves and ghouls collected in one volume for the first time; black and white illustrations from the magazines in which stories originally appeared.
Download or read book Teller of Tales written by Daniel Stashower and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2014-02-11 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 1999 Edgar Award for Best Biographical Work, this is "an excellent biography of the man who created Sherlock Holmes" (David Walton, The New York Times Book Review) This fresh, compelling biography examines the extraordinary life and strange contrasts of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the struggling provincial doctor who became the most popular storyteller of his age. From his youthful exploits aboard a whaling ship to his often stormy friendships with such figures as Harry Houdini and George Bernard Shaw, Conan Doyle lived a life as gripping as one of his adventures. Exhaustively researched and elegantly written, Daniel Stashower's Teller of Tales sets aside many myths and misconceptions to present a vivid portrait of the man behind the legend of Baker Street, with a particular emphasis on the Psychic Crusade that dominated his final years--the work that Conan Doyle himself felt to be "the most important thing in the world."
Download or read book The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by Penguin Mass Market. This book was released on 1985 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many writers have revisited the Reichenbach Falls in the hope of summoning up the ghost of Sherlock Holmes. Now Richard Lancelyn Green has succeeded triumphantly with this collection of stories by expert writers of the calibre of Ronald Knox and Julian Symons. Designed not to compete with or parody the original, but rather to reflect and enhance the achievements of the great detective.
Download or read book Arthur Conan Doyle written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by Edimat Libros. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents three selections of stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes.
