Sidney Paget Ordine dei libri (cronologico)

A Scandal in BohemiaThe Red-Headed LeagueA Case of IdentityThe Boscombe Valley MysteryThe Five Orange PipsThe Man with the Twisted LipThe Adventure of the Blue CarbuncleThe Adventure of the Speckled BandThe Adventure of the Engineer's ThumbThe Adventure of the Noble BachelorThe Adventure of the Beryl CoronetThe Adventure of the Copper BeechesThe Adventure of Silver BlazeThe Adventure of the Cardboard BoxThe Adventure of The Yellow FaceThe Adventure of The Stock-Broker's ClerkThe Adventure of The “Gloria Scott”The Adventure of The Musgrave RitualThe Adventure of The Reigate SquiresThe Adventure of The Crooked ManThe Adventure of The Resident PatientThe Adventure of The Greek InterpreterThe Adventure of The Naval TreatyThe Adventure of The Final ProblemThe Adventure of the Empty HouseThe Adventure of the Norwood BuilderThe Adventure of the Dancing MenThe Adventure of the Solitary CyclistThe Adventure of the Priory SchoolThe Adventure of Black PeterThe Adventure of Charles Augustus MilvertonThe Adventure of the Six NapoleonsThe Adventure of the Three StudentsThe Adventure of the Golden Pince-NezThe Adventure of the Missing Three-QuarterThe Adventure of the Abbey GrangeThe Adventure of the Second StainThe Hound of the Baskervilles

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. 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. These fifteen short stories, chosen by David Stuart Davies, former Editor of Sherlock magazine, show the master detective Sherlock Holmes at his most ingenious. Faithfully supported by his chronicler, Dr Watson, Holmes pits his wits against 'the Napoleon of Crime', Professor Moriarty, assists European royalty threatened by disgrace, helps to solve the mysterious death of a young woman due to be married, and becomes involved with other intrigues that defeat the detectives of Scotland Yard. The original illustrations from The Strand magazine by Sidney Paget accompany each story. Stories included in this edition are: A Scandal in Bohemia The Red-Headed League The Boscombe Valley Mystery The Man with the Twisted Lip The Blue Carbuncle The Speckled Band Silver Blaze The Musgrave Ritual The Dancing Man The Solitary Cyclist Charles Augustus Milverton The Six Napoleons The Abbey Grange The Second Stain The Devil's Foot

Il presente volume raccoglie le quattro novelle protagoniste di Sherlock Holmes, l'emblematico e perspicace detective del 221 B di Baker Street: Estudio en escarlata, Il segno dei quattro, Il cane dei Baskerville e Il valle della paura. A lungo di queste pagine, e con l'aiuto inestimabile del dottor Watson, Holmes percorrerà le strade di un Londra vittoriana trasformata in un labirinto di indizi falsi, risolverà un intrigo originato nell'India coloniale, svelerà il mistero nascosto dietro a una antica maledizione familiare nei brughiera di Dartmoor e si confronterà con l'organizzazione di Moriarty in uno dei suoi casi più complessi. Una miscela esplosiva di crimine, suspense e vendetta.

Illustrations from experts, including headings from the Strand magazine add atmosphere, dim brooding mystery, dark foreboding suspense, aquiline sharp intelligent featured Holmes.

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