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Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. "The German War" is a collection of essays, written by the author before the beginning of WWI. In this book, Conan Doyle predicts the events of the war, basing judgments on his reading of German military authors and general tendencies in the country's politics.

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. "The German War" is a collection of essays, written by the author before the beginning of WWI. In this book, Conan Doyle predicts the events of the war, basing judgments on his reading of German military authors and general tendencies in the country's politics.

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859—1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. "The German War" is a collection of essays, written by the author before the beginning of WWI. In this book, Conan Doyle predicts the events of the war, basing judgments on his reading of German military authors and general tendencies in the country's politics.

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859—1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. "The German War" is a collection of essays, written by the author before the beginning of WWI. In this book, Conan Doyle predicts the events of the war, basing judgments on his reading of German military authors and general tendencies in the country's politics.

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. This book serves as the collection of six gripping horror stories, such as "The Horror of the Heights," "The New Catacomb" and "The Case of Lady Sannox."

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. This book serves as the collection of six gripping horror stories, such as "The Horror of the Heights," "The New Catacomb" and "The Case of Lady Sannox."

The complete box set collection of iconic Sherlock Holmes novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. This book consists of one fascinating mystery novel "The Parasite" and two intriguing short stories: "The Love Affair of George Vincent Parker" and "The Cabman's Story".

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. This book consists of one fascinating mystery novel "The Parasite" and two intriguing short stories: "The Love Affair of George Vincent Parker" and "The Cabman's Story".

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. This book is a wonderful collection of author's two main works on the military theme: "Great Britain and the Next War", and "A Visit to Three Fronts".

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. This book is a wonderful collection of author's two main works on the military theme: "Great Britain and the Next War", and "A Visit to Three Fronts".

Classic Locked-Room Mysteries is a fascinating collection of ingenious mysteries which all pose the question 'howdunnit?' Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. Locked-room mysteries reached their height of popularity in the Victorian and Edwardian eras; this collection, edited and introduced by David Stuart Davies, brings together stories from such masters of the genre as Edgar Allan Poe, Wilkie Collins, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and G. K. Chesterton. In each story the reader is invited to play detective and is presented with a challenge: can you solve the mystery before the solution is revealed?

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859—1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. This book is a wonderful collection of author's two main works on the military theme: "Great Britain and the Next War" and "A Visit to Three Fronts."

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859—1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. This book is a wonderful collection of author's two main works on the military theme: "Great Britain and the Next War" and "A Visit to Three Fronts."

Arthur Conan Doyle was born on 22 May 1859 in Edinburgh. He received his early education from Jesuits, but as an adolescent rejected Christianity, proclaimed himself an agnostic and later embraced Spiritualism. Attracted to both literature and medicine, Conan Doyle sold his first story to Chambers's Edinburgh Journal whilst studying to become a doctor at the University of Edinburgh. He completed his studies and established an unsuccessful ophthalmology practice in Plymouth. With few patients, Conan Doyle supplemented a rather meagre income through writing. His first major success came at the end of 1887, with the publication of A Study in Scarlet in Beeton's Christmas Annual. Published in book form the following summer, the short novel featured the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes. More works featuring the great detective soon followed, including the novel The Sign of Four (1890) and the twelve stories that, together, comprise The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892). By 1893, Conan Doyle had tired of Holmes and, intending to concentrate on historical novels, killed off the character in a story entitled 'The Final Problem'. However, in 1902 Conan Doyle bowed to public pressure and published a new Holmes novel, The Hound of the Baskervilles. That same year he received a knighthood - in recognition not of his great literary creation, but for his work as a propagandist during the Boer War. Several more Sherlock Holmes books followed, the last being a collection of stories called The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1927).