Sherlock Holmes - His Last Bow

by Arthur Conan Doyle

Overview

Nearing the end of his career as a consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes continues his adventures in this collection of eight short stories, including one that was pulled from the original edition when it was deemed too scandalous. Join us for stories of stolen submarine plans, a missing aristocrat and Holmes' near-fatal illness, and then, the last meeting of Holmes and Watson, twenty years after their final case. Join us for Sherlock Holmes' last bow.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781482755060
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	03/12/2013
Series:	Sherlock Holmes , #8
Pages:	210
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was born on May 22, 1859, in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father left when he was five, but returned three years later, however, the family lived in poverty. Arthur was supported by his wealthy uncles and educated in a Jesuit preparatory school, then Stonyhurst College, then another school in Austria, before studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh through 1881.
Beginning in 1879, began writing published stories and article for various magazines and journals. He became a ship's surgeon and traveled to locations such as Greenland and West Africa, completing his doctorate while on board. He eventually set up an unsuccessful medical practice, but ended up writing more stories instead of seeing patients.
Doyle's success as a writer, began when his first Sherlock Holmes mystery was published in a magazine in 1886. A second Holmes story was requested by the magazine, with more appearing as time progressed. Arthur was also a soccer player under the name A. C. Smith, golfer and cricket player.
In 1885, he married Louisa Hawkins, but she died from tuberculosis in 1906. They had two children. He remarried Jean Elizabeth Leckie in 1907, with whom he had three more children. She died in 1940.
In 1890, Doyle studied ophthalmology in Vienna, Austria and opened a practice, but had not a single patient, so he continued writing. Growing increasingly tired of writing Sherlock Holmes, he decided to kill off the character, so he could write historical novels, but there was so much public outcry, that he eventually brought him back. Doyle died on July 7, 1930, from a heart attack in Crowborough, East Sussex, England at the age of 71.

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