![]() ![]() As well as his witty and illuminating Afterword to this edition, David Stuart Davies, the illustrious editor of Sherlock magazine, has provided a fascinating chronology of the Sherlock Holmes Stories.ฤก9. ![]() Missing, presumed dead, for three years, Sherlock Holmes returns triumphantly to his dear companion Dr Watson. It is the last time that Holmes and Watson work together. The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of 13 Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1903-1904, by Arthur Conan Doyle. In His Last Bow, the final story of this collection, we are told how Sherlock Holmes is brought out of retirement to help the Government fight the German threat at the approach of the First World War. As before, Watson is the superb narrator and his magic remains unchanged and undimmed. Doyle provided a rich and fascinating set of mysteries to challenge his sleuth in this collection. To the astonishment of Dr Watson and the delight of his readers Holmes returns to Baker Street, explains how he escaped death at the Falls and is ready to commence detective work once more. ![]() Ten years after the supposed death of Sherlock Holmes at the Reichenbach Falls, Arthur Conan Doyle was to bow to popular pressure and the large fees offered by publishers to revive the detective's career. ![]() And not before time London has never been in. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. Missing, presumed dead, for three years, Sherlock Holmes returns triumphantly to his dear companion Dr Watson. Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. ![]()
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