THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES AND THE VALLEY OF FEAR - WORDSWORTH CLASSICS
With an Introduction by David Stuart Davies.
The Hound of the Baskervilles is the classic detective chiller. It features the world's greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes, in his most challenging case. The Baskerville family is haunted by a phantom beast "with blazing eyes and dripping jaws" which roams the mist-enshrouded moors around the isolated Baskerville Hall on Dartmoor. Now the hound seems to be stalking young Sir Henry, the new master of the Baskerville estate. Is this devilish spectre the manifestation of the family curse? Or is Sir Henry the victim of a vile and scheming murderer? Only Sherlock Holmes can solve this devilish affair.
The Valley of Fear is a dark, powerful tale, which provides the great detective with a most perplexing case and opens with a vile murder: "Lying across his chest was a most curious weapon, a shotgun with the barrel sawn off in front of the triggers. It was clear that it had been fired at close range, and that he had received the whole charge in the face, blowing his head almost to pieces".
Sherlock Holmes' arch enemy, the criminal genius Professor Moriarty, is back! But the solution to the riddle, found after many surprising twists and high dramas, lies far away, half across the world in a location known as 'The Valley of Fear'. This is Conan Doyle's last Holmes novel and in the opinion of many of his fans, it is the best!
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 1859-1930 was a Scottish physician and writer. His works encompass a wide variety of genres, and it was his historical novels that he considered his finest work. However, posterity remembers him only as the creator of Sherlock Holmes. Each new generation discovers Holmes afresh, as the current TV and film adaptations demonstrate. Doyle created a character so well known that he exists in the borderline between fiction and reality.
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CONAN DOYLE ARTHUR
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle nació en Edimburgo el 22 de mayo de 1859 y murió en Crowborough el 7 de julio de 1930. Fue médico y escritor británico, célebre por crear al detective Sherlock Holmes. Estudió medicina en la Universidad de Edimburgo y ejerció como médico en Southsea entre 1882 y 1890. Publicó su primera novela, Estudio en escarlata, en 1887, iniciando una serie de relatos protagonizados por Holmes y el doctor Watson. También escribió novelas históricas, obras de teatro y ciencia ficción. Participó como médico en la guerra de los bóeres y defendió el espiritismo tras la muerte de su hijo en la Primera Guerra Mundial. Su legado literario sigue siendo influyente y ampliamente leído.
