The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Books - AD Classic - 9781926606309 - 2010
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Ad Classic Library edition

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of the first twelve short stories based on the famous detective, including the cases of The Red-Headed League, The Speckled Band, and A Scandal in Bohemia. Holmes will need to use his various skills, including an aptitude for acting and disguise, tracking footprints, hand to hand combat, deciphering different types of tobacco ash, and knowledge of psychology to solve cases of blackmail, treachery and murder. Sherlock Holmes is famous for his intellectual prowess and is renowned for his skilful use of deductive reasoning, astute observation,and forensic skills to solve difficult cases. Deductive reasoning allows Holmes to impressively reveal a stranger's occupation. Similarly, by studying inanimate objects, he is able to make astonishingly detailed deductions about their owners. This mindset was a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, inspiring authors like Robert J. Sawyer, Neil Gaiman and Stephen King.


246 pages, black & white illustrations

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released 2010
ISBN13 9781926606309
Publishers AD Classic
Pages 246
Dimensions 237 × 159 × 22 mm   ·   520 g
Language English  
Illustrator Morris, E. S.
Illustrator Paget, Sidney

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