Sherlock Holmes, THE VALLEY OF FEAR, Sherlock Holmes Complete Collection, Book # 7

by Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes Complete Novels and Stories

Overview

The story was first published in the Strand Magazine between September 1914 and May 1915. The first book edition was published in New York on 27 February 1915.The plot of the novel is based very loosely on the real-life activities of the Molly Maguires and, particularly, of Pinkerton agent James McParland. The novel is divided into two parts: in the first (set in an unclear date), Holmes investigates an apparent murder and discovers that the body belongs to another man; and in the second (set back in time to 1875), the story of the man originally thought to have been the victim is told.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012371577
Publisher:	Ryetown Classics
Publication date:	03/26/2011
Series:	Sherlock Holmes , #7
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	282 KB

About the Author

A prolific author of books, short stories, poetry, and more, the Scottish writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) is best known for the creation of one of literature’s most vivid and enduring characters: Sherlock Holmes. Through detailed observation, vast knowledge, and brilliant deduction, Holmes and his trusted friend, Dr. Watson, step into the swirling fog of Victorian London to rescue the innocent, confound the guilty, and solve the most perplexing puzzles known to literature.

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