Classics Reimagined, Sherlock Holmes
Author(s): Arthur Conan Doyle; Sophia Martineck (Illustrator)
Venture back in time to Victorian London to join literature's greatest detective team - the brilliant Sherlock Holmes and his devoted assistant, Dr. Watson - as they investigate a dozen of their best-known cases. Originally published in 1892, this is the first and best collection of stories about the legendary sleuth.Featured tales include several of the author's personal favorites: "A Scandal in Bohemia" - in which a king is blackmailed by a former lover and Holmes matches wits with the only woman to attract his open admiration - plus "The Speckled Band," "The Red-Headed League," and "The Five Orange Pips." Additional mysteries include "The Blue Carbuncle," "The Engineer's Thumb," "The Beryl Coronet," "The Copper Beeches," and four others.
General Information
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- : Quarto Publishing Group USA
- : Rockport Publishers
- : 1.12945
- : 01 November 2014
- : United States
- : 01 July 2020
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Arthur Conan Doyle; Sophia Martineck (Illustrator)
- : Hardback
- : Sep-15
- : Sophia Martineck
- : English
- : 823/.8
- : 320
- : 100
More About The Product
SOPHIA MARTINECK is an illustrator/artist living in Berlin. In 2010 she received the Art Directors Club Young Guns Award (for visionary artists under 30). In 2009 the notable Hans-Meid-Foundation (for German book illustration) awarded her illustrations for R. L. Stevenson's The Body Snatcher and Carson McCullers The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter. Sophia has a great storytelling style that draws you into her world. Her style will give Holmes new energy, unlike anything you've seen for the master detective.
