The sign of the four
The story is set in 1888. The Sign of the Four has a complex plot involving service in East India Company, India, the Indian Rebellion of 1857, a stolen treasure, and a secret pact among four convicts ("the Four" of the title) and two corrupt prison guards. It presents the detective's drug habit and humanizes him in a way that had not been done in the preceding novel A Study in Scarlet (1887). It also introduces Doctor Watson's future wife, Mary Morstan.
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The sign of the four
The story is set in 1888. The Sign of the Four has a complex plot involving service in East India Company, India, the Indian Rebellion of 1857, a stolen treasure, and a secret pact among four convicts ("the Four" of the title) and two corrupt prison guards. It presents the detective's drug habit and humanizes him in a way that had not been done in the preceding novel A Study in Scarlet (1887). It also introduces Doctor Watson's future wife, Mary Morstan.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781500238957 |
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Publisher: | CreateSpace Publishing |
Publication date: | 06/18/2014 |
Series: | Arthur Conan Doyle Collection , #3 |
Pages: | 152 |
Product dimensions: | 5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.35(d) |
Age Range: | 8 - 11 Years |
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