Marianne is an important fictional formulation of Sand's thinking on the role of women and the nature of democracy. This edition includes a long biographical preface which quotes extensively from her correspondences.
The fabled tin dispatch box of Dr. John H. Watson opens to reveal eleven all new tales of mystery and dark fantasy. Sherlock Holmes, master of deductive reasoning, confronts the irrational, the unexpected and the fantastic in the weird worlds of the Gaslight Grimoire."A wonderful addition to the bookshelf of any fan of Sherlock Holmes or of the supernatural. Terrific stories, great variety, genuine chills it's all here."- Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author of HOMINIDS"This book contains eleven of the most ingenious, imaginative and inspired exploits yet committed to paper. Wonderful stuff!"- Roger Johnson, BSI, Editor, The Sherlock Holmes JournalContributors Barbara Hambly Christopher Sequeira Barbara Roden M. J. Elliott Martin Powell Chico Kidd & Rick Kennett
A poisoned pawn in chess is defined as any pawn that, if captured, would lead to a serious disadvantage for that player. Here, presented for your enjoyment, are three new cases for Sherlock Holmes. Someone, or something, that may at first seem trivial, is actually the key to something far more consequential.The first such problem is by Emanuel E. Garcia, an author who has published numerous scholarly articles on psychoanalysis, including investigations into several classical composers. Here his attention is drawn to Hamlet and a new interpretation, which reveals for the first time, just who is the real power behind the thrown in Denmark.Roger Jaynes is an established author with two other published Sherlock Holmes novels. This latest adventure concerns Sir Arthur Wilcox, a high-ranking civil servant. Sir Arthur is about to embark on a diplomatic mission of the utmost importance to Athens. However, when his dead body is discovered close to his open safe, it is feared that the Government may fall, though Sherlock Holmes has other ideas.Finally, Eddie Maguire tells the strange tale of a seemingly innocent weekend invitation to Dorset at which Holmes and Watson meet the Kaiser. Soon some of the Kaiser's personal possessions go missing and what starts as a theft culminates in a possible assassination plot.
From 1895, when the means of visiting the future through drug-induced "timeshadowing" is discovered by Professor Copplestone, to 12 million years AD, when the Universal ...
In Billy Wilder's cinematic homage to the spirit of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, British stage luminary Robert Stephens plays Holmes, while Colin Blakely is his friend and chronicler Dr. Watson. This self-described "hitherto suppressed and thoroughly fascinating" tale concerns Holmes' search for a missing mining engineer -- a case that may have a far-reaching effect on the national security of England. Along the way, Holmes falls in love for the first time in his life, with enigmatic foreign beauty Gabrielle Valladon (Genevieve Page). In this 1970 film, Wilder emphasizes such then-current topics as homosexuality (notably during the film's prologue) and drug addiction. Christopher Lee, a former screen Holmes himself, has a cameo (minus toupee) as Sherlock's brother Mycroft Holmes. Heavily re-edited and rearranged both before and after its release, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes was a box-office disappointment when it came out in 1970. Since that time, its reputation has grown immeasurably, especially among those lucky enough to have seen a complete print.
1907. A mysterious criminal known as Fantomas terrorizes London. Only Sherlock Holmes believes in his existence, and he has begun laying the groundwork to arrest him, but Fantomas strikes first, and murders the Great Detective in circumstances that point suspicion at an innocent man. A young Harry Dickson and Sherlock Holmes' niece, Emily, must expose Fantomas before Scotland Yard sends her fiance to the gallows. This never-before-translated play was initially performed in Belgium in 1914 for a few weeks before World War I began and has never been restaged since. The play was translated and adapted by Frank J. Morlock, author of Sherlock Holmes The Grand Horizontals in which Holmes also crosses swords with Fantomas. The book includes an introduction, afterword and chronology of Fantomas by Jean-Marc Lofficier.
In this first collection of Holmes s stories, the beloved detective uses his uncanny skills to rescue a king from blackmail, to capture an ingenious bank robber, and to save an innocent son accused of patricide.
The mystery of a missing businessman brings Sherlock Holmes on the case as he follows a trail of ingenious deduction, only to discover that the prime suspect, a penniless beggar, hides a secret that is the key to the entire investigation. --- Mark Hockley
Legendary detective Sherlock Holmes is a byword for intelligence and efficiency. Not any more. Detailing some of his less famous exploits, including the infamous drive by dumpings of 1894, this rare volume covers a side of Holmes scarcely seen by the public the real one. Only this collection reveals the mystery of the lingering stench, how Professor Moriarty didn't die and the truth behind the sinister Underpants of Death, a tale to freeze the blood and rapidly unblock the colon.
Someone in London has driven several prominent men to madness and suicide. Normally, Scotland Yard would call in Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) to help solve the case, but Holmes has recently perished in an accident. Or has he? Officially declared dead, Holmes is able to move about undetected as he tries to find out who's behind the rash of suicides-and why. The culprit turns out to be the bewitching, deadly Adrea Spedding (Gale Sondergaard), and for once Holmes seems to have met his match. The now-famous climax finds a bound-and-gagged Holmes hidden behind a shooting-gallery target, while his faithful assistant Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce) unwittingly prepares to blast away at the target with live ammunition (in wartime, yet). Filled to overflowing with amusing dialogue and devilishly clever plot twists (one of them involving an autistic pygmy!), Sherlock Holmes and the Spider Woman is among the best of the Universal Holmes series. Best bit: Told to "act inconspicuous", Inspector Lestrade (Dennis Hoey) ceremoniously rolls his eyes upward and begins whistling loudly-whereupon Dr. Watson chides him with "Inconspicous, Lestrade, not half-witted."
At the request of the Prime Minister of England, Sherlock Holmes searches for a stolen letter which, if published, would undermine the delicate balance of military power and undoubtedly lead to war with a foreign state. A twisted madman with a penchant for destroying all things Napoleonic is the subject of the Sherlock Holmes mystery The Six Napoleons. When an owner of a bust of the notorious leader turns up dead, Holmes and Watson are on the case.
Originally broadcast on PBS in 1986, the series The Return of Sherlock Holmes is directed by British filmmaker John Madden and stars Jeremy Brett as the titular detective. In this adventure, "The Priory School, " Holmes discovers a missing teacher while investigating the kidnapping of Lord Arthur Saltire (Nissar Moti), the son of the Duke of Holdernesse (Alan Howard). -- Andrea LeVasseur
The third edition of this well-received collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories. Sherlock Magazine called the original edition "One of the best collections of Holmes ...
A collection of the illustrated Sherlock Holmes stories reprinted from The Strand Magazine. Includes Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes, The Valley of Fear, His Last Bow: The War Service of Sherlock Holmes, & the last 12 stories from The Case-Book.
The fourth of Arthur Wonter's quintet of Sherlock Holmes films, Triumph of Sherlock Holmes was a fairly faithful adaptation of Conan Doyle's The Valley of Fear. This time, Holmes (Wontner) and Dr. Watson (Ian Fleming -- not the James Bond author!) investigate a mysterious murder at Birlstone Castle. The killings seem to be tied in with a secret American society of coal-miners called the Scowlers. The architect of all this skullduggery is that "Napoleon of Crime, " Professor Moriarty (the magnificent Lyn Harding), who has conspired with an American gangster (Ben Welden) to assassinate the Pinkerton agent responsible for breaking the back of the Scowlers. There's very little in the way of mystery in Triumph of Sherlock Holmes, but it scores on its full quotient of thrills and chills. Originally 84 minutes, the film was cut to 75 for its American release.
Arthur Conan Doyle, Foreword by Jennifer Donnelly, Jonathan Stroud (Introduction), Paperback - Reissue, Series: Puffin Classics Series, English-language edition, Pages:304, Pub by Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
A compelling volume of original tales concerning Sherlock Holmes legendary time in America With an introduction by Leslie S. Klinger, editor and compiler of all three volumes ...
Thrilling, true tales from the Vidocq Society, a team of the world's finest forensic investigators whose monthly gourmet lunches lead to justice in ice-cold murders Three of ...
New on Blu 8-31-10 IGN By the way, someone recently told me that the name House as a play on Holmes, as in Sherlock Holmes. A quick Wikipedia check confirms that (if you take ...
