Sherlock Holmes: Illustrated by Sydney Paget

by Arthur Conan Doyle, Sydney Paget (Illustrator)

Overview

A collection of the stories in which Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created the most famous amateur detective of all time. Includes such favorites as “The Red-Headed League,” “The Speckled Band,” and “The Adventure of the Dancing Men.”

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780679451044
Publisher:	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date:	11/05/1996
Series:	Everyman's Library Children's Classics Series
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.35(w) x 8.28(h) x 0.95(d)
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1859. A Study in Scarlet, his first novel and Sherlock Holmes story, was published in Beeton's Christmas Annual in 1887. He was the author of more than fifty novels, ranging in genre from science fiction to historical fiction. He died in 1930.

Date of Birth:

May 22, 1859

Date of Death:

July 7, 1930

Place of Birth:

Edinburgh, Scotland

Place of Death:

Crowborough, Sussex, England

Education:

Edinburgh University, B.M., 1881; M.D., 1885