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The Adventure of the Illustrious Client - A Sherlock Holmes Short Story

Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventure of the Illustrious Client A Sherlock Holmes Short Story Book PDF

Author : Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 43 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473369429

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A mysterious case with an anonymous client and a murderous back story, Sherlock Holmes can’t resist the temptation of danger in this thrilling short story by Arthur Conan Doyle. When a British officer arrives at Baker Street to ask Sherlock Holmes for his assistance, the legendary detective can’t refuse. With an anonymous client and very few leads, the case seems impossible to solve. A sinister plot of love, deception, and murder begins to unravel as Holmes and Watson investigate this complex mystery. They face a series of challenges and obstacles, each more dangerous than the last, as they race against time to stop a deadly scheme. With each twist and turn, they must use all of their cunning and skill to unravel the mystery and protect the illustrious client. First published in 1924, ‘The Adventure of the Illustrious Client’ was one of Arthur Conan Doyle’s last Sherlock Holmes stories. This edition features a specially commissioned introduction.

The Adventure of the Illustrious Client

Arthur Conan Doyle
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Author : Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher : Lindhardt og Ringhof
Page : 14 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788726586503

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Sir James comes to 221B Baker Street in the name of an anonymous but illustrious client. It concerns General de Merville’s daughter, Violet, who has fallen for the Baron Adelbert Gruner. The man has a bad reputation and Sir James hopes that if his misbehaviours can be proven by Holmes Violet will agree to break off the union. Just how bad the Baron’s actions have been and how to prove it is what Sherlock Holmes will have to find out. "The Adventure of the Illustrious Client" is part of "The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes". Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was born in Scotland and studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh. After his studies, he worked as a ship’s surgeon on various boats. During the Second Boer War, he was an army doctor in South Africa. When he came back to the United Kingdom, he opened his own practice and started writing crime books. He is best known for his thrilling stories about the adventures of Sherlock Holmes. He published four novels and more than 50 short-stories starring the detective and Dr Watson, and they play an important role in the history of crime fiction. Other than the Sherlock Holmes series, Doyle wrote around thirty more books, in genres such as science-fiction, fantasy, historical novels, but also poetry, plays, and non-fiction.

The Adventure of the Illustrious Client

Arthur Conan Doyle
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Author : Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1523489693

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The ideas of my friend Watson, though limited, are exceedingly pertinacious. For a long time he has worried me to write an experience of my own. Perhaps I have rather invited this persecution, since I have often had occasion to point out to him how superficial are his own accounts and to accuse him of pandering to popular taste instead of confining himself rigidly to facts and figures.

The Adventure of the Illustrious Client

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventure of the Illustrious Client Book PDF

Author : Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798712760480

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Short story"It can't hurt now," was Mr. Sherlock Holmes's comment when, for the tenth time in as many years, I asked his leave to reveal the following narrative. So it was that at last I obtained permission to put on record what was, in some ways, the supreme moment of my friend's career.Both Holmes and I had a weakness for the Turkish bath. It was over a smoke in the pleasant lassitude of the drying-room that I have found him less reticent and more human than anywhere else. On the upper floor of the Northumberland Avenue establishment there is an isolated corner where two couches lie side by side, and it was on these that we lay upon September 3, 1902, the day when my narrative begins. I had asked him whether anything was stirring, and for answer he had shot his long, thin, nervous arm out of the sheets which enveloped him and had drawn an envelope from the inside pocket of the coat which hung beside him."It may be some fussy, self-important fool; it may be a matter of life or death," said he as he handed me the note. "I know no more than this message tells me."It was from the Carlton Club and dated the evening before. This is what I read:

Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir,Edward Raleigh
Sherlock Holmes Book PDF

Author : Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir,Edward Raleigh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2010-08-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1601360355

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Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir,Edward Raleigh Pdf

It's elementary that any Conan Doyle fan will want this splendid set of Sherlock Holmes mysteries-twelve timeless classics performed as radio theater, linked by violin music interludes. The great Sir John Gielgud stars as the sleuth of Baker Street, with Ralph Richardson as his venerable companion, Dr. Watson, and Orson Welles as the nefarious Professor Moriarty. With three giants of the theater in such colorful roles, it's no mystery why this collection was so popular on cassette. Includes: "The Blue Carbuncle" "A Case of Identity" "Charles August Milverton" "The Dying Detective" "The Final Problem" "The Golden Pince-Nez" "The Norwood Builder" "A Scandal in Bohemia" "The Second Stain" "The Six Napoleons" "The Solitary Cyclist" "The Speckled Band"

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (Complete Edition)

Arthur Conan Doyle
The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes Complete Edition Book PDF

Author : Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547763895

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The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (Complete Edition) by Arthur Conan Doyle Pdf

This eBook edition of "The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Sherlock Holmes is a "consulting detective" known for his proficiency with observation, forensic science, and logical reasoning that borders on the fantastic, which he employs when investigating cases for a wide variety of clients, including Scotland Yard. The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes is the final set of twelve detective stories: The Illustrious Client The Blanched Soldier The Mazarin Stone The Three Gables The Sussex Vampire The Three Garridebs The Problem of Thor Bridge The Creeping Man The Lion's Mane The Veiled Lodger Shoscombe Old Place The Retired Colourman

The Case-book of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle
The Case book of Sherlock Holmes Book PDF

Author : Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher : Ryerson Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1927
Category : Detective and mystery stories
ISBN : UVA:X000271954

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The Case-book of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle Pdf

The adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are recounted in selected short stories and in two longer works, "A Study in Scarlet" and "The Hound of the Baskervilles."

The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes - The Sherlock Holmes Collector's Library

Arthur Conan Doyle
The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes The Sherlock Holmes Collector s Library Book PDF

Author : Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473369306

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The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes - The Sherlock Holmes Collector's Library by Arthur Conan Doyle Pdf

A volume of seemingly unsolvable mysteries, The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes features the final twelve short stories in Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous detective series. First published in 1927, this volume is the last instalment in Arthur Conan Doyle’s series of Sherlock Holmes’ adventures. Usually narrated by Doctor Watson, the detective’s companion and accomplice, these final short stories divert the author’s typical style, and two adventures are narrated by Holmes himself. The short stories featured in this volume include: - The Adventure of the Illustrious Client - The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier - The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone - The Adventure of the Three Gables - The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire - The Adventure of the Three Garridebs - The Problem of Thor Bridge This edition features a specially commissioned introduction alongside an article by Arthur Conan Doyle and an essay on the history of detective fiction by S.S. Van Dine.

The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle
The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes Book PDF

Author : Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher : Memorable Classics Books
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle Pdf

The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle - is the final set of twelve (out of a total of fifty-six) Sherlock Holmes short stories by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle first published in the Strand Magazine between October 1921 and April 1927. Title of collection: The first British edition of the collection, published by John Murray, and the first American edition, published by George H. Doran Co., were both published in June 1927. However, they had slightly different titles. The title of the British collection was The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (hyphenated "Case-Book"), whereas the title of the American edition was The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes ("Case Book" as two words). Further confusing the issue of the title, some later publishers released the collection under the title The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes ("Casebook" as a single word). Contents: The first edition of The Case-Book, published by John Murray in 1927, does not present the stories in the order in which they were published:[2] 1 The Adventure of the Illustrious Client 2 The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier 3 The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone 4 The Adventure of the Three Gables 5 The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire 6 The Adventure of the Three Garridebs 7 The Problem of Thor Bridge 8 The Adventure of the Creeping Man 9 The Adventure of the Lion's Mane 10 The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger 11 The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place 12 The Adventure of the Retired Colourman

The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir
The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes Book PDF

Author : Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1540498875

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The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes is the final set of twelve Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in the Strand Magazine from October 1921. "The Adventure of the Illustrious Client" "The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier" "The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone" "The Adventure of the Three Gables" "The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire" "The Adventure of the Three Garridebs" "The Problem of Thor Bridge" "The Adventure of the Creeping Man" "The Adventure of the Lion's Mane" "The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger" "The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place" "The Adventure of the Retired Colourman"

Sherlock Holmes - The Complete Short Stories Collection

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes The Complete Short Stories Collection Book PDF

Author : Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher : Detective Fiction Classics
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2023-04-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1528720849

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Sherlock Holmes - The Complete Short Stories Collection by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Pdf

Immerse yourself in the mysterious life of 221B Baker Street's resident detective in this complete collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. Featuring all 56 of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes short stories, this comprehensive collection captures the full range of the detective's exceptional observation and deduction skills. Join Holmes and his faithful confidant, Doctor Watson, as they solve some of the most intriguing cases of their careers. Whether it's the crowded streets of Victorian London to the remote and rugged countryside, these stories are filled with memorable characters, richly drawn settings, and fast-paced storytelling. The stories featured in this volume include: - A Scandal in Bohemia - The Adventure of the Speckled Band - The Adventure of the Red-Headed League - The Adventure of the Illustrious Client - Silver Blaze - The Naval Treaty This Sherlock Holmes collector's edition features a specially commissioned introduction alongside an article by Arthur Conan Doyle and an essay on the history of detective fiction by S.S. Van Dine.

Sherlock Holmes - The Complete Short Stories Collection

Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes The Complete Short Stories Collection Book PDF

Author : Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 1026 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2023-04-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781528798631

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Sherlock Holmes - The Complete Short Stories Collection by Arthur Conan Doyle Pdf

Immerse yourself in the mysterious life of 221B Baker Street’s resident detective in this complete collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. Featuring all 56 of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes short stories, this comprehensive collection captures the full range of the detective’s exceptional observation and deduction skills. Join Holmes and his faithful confidant, Doctor Watson, as they solve some of the most intriguing cases of their careers. Whether it's the crowded streets of Victorian London to the remote and rugged countryside, these stories are filled with memorable characters, richly drawn settings, and fast-paced storytelling. The stories featured in this volume include: - A Scandal in Bohemia - The Adventure of the Speckled Band - The Adventure of the Red-Headed League - The Adventure of the Illustrious Client - Silver Blaze - The Naval Treaty This Sherlock Holmes collector's edition features a specially commissioned introduction alongside an article by Arthur Conan Doyle and an essay on the history of detective fiction by S.S. Van Dine.

The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes(Sherlock Holmes #8) Annotated

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes 8 Annotated Book PDF

Author : Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798579006103

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The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes(Sherlock Holmes #8) Annotated by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Pdf

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes is the final set of twelve Sherlock Holmes short stories (56 total) by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in the Strand Magazine between October 1921 and April 1927. It includes 12 stories: The Adventure Of The Mazarin Stone; The Problem Of Thor Bridge; The Adventure Of The Creeping Man; The Adventure Of The Sussex Vampire; The Adventure Of The Three Garridebs; The Adventure Of The Illustrious Client; The Adventure Of The Blanched Soldier; The Adventure Of The Retired Colourman; The Adventure Of The Three Gables; The Adventure Of The Lion's Mane; The Adventure Of The Veiled Lodger; and, The Adventure Of Shoscombe Old Place (the last Sherlock Holmes story written by Arthur Conan Doyle to be published).

The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes Annotated

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes Annotated Book PDF

Author : Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798662885530

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The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes Annotated by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Pdf

The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes contains twelve stories written about the legendary consulting detective by his creator Arthur Conan Doyle. Like all the other Sherlock Holmes adventures, these stories were originally published in the Strand Magazine, in this case between October 1921 and April 1927. What sets the stories collected in the Case Book of Sherlock Holmes from all other anthologies is that that they represent the winding down of a literary sensation. These are the last original mysteries of Holmes to be published in the Strand and this is the last collection of original stories penned by Doyle.Although new editions sometimes reorder the stories, the order in which they appeared when The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes was originally published (in chronological ordering according to their serial publication date) is as follows: "The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone" (1921)"The Problem of Thor Bridge" (1922)"The Adventure of the Creeping Man" (1923)"The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire" (1924)"The Adventure of the Three Garridebs" (1924)"The Adventure of the Illustrious Client" (1924)"The Adventure of the Three Gables" (1926)"The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier" (1926)"The Adventure of the Lion's Mane" (1926)"The Adventure of the Retired Colourman" (1926)"The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger" (1927)"The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place" (1927)Some of the selections that that appear in The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes are the only remaining original Holmes stories written by Doyle that are not in the public domain. More will be added according to copyright law expiration dates until the year 2023, at which point all of the Holmes adventures will officially be considered public domain.

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes Book PDF

Author : Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher : Fingerprint! Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 938777984X

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The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Pdf

When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." From cases that baffle the clients to the ones that leave even the police bemused, Sherlock Holmes can solve it all. A collection of the twelve final adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes includes ' The Problem of the Thor Bridge, ' ' The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire, ' ' The Adventure of the Retired Colourman, ' ' The Adventure of the Three Garridebs, ' and ' The Adventure of the Illustrious Client.' Rip-roaring and spine-chilling, these stories have been intriguing readers for generations."