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His Last Bow #8
His Last Bow
Holmes is lured away from retirement to help his country on the eve of World War I and employs one of his most successful disguises to penetrate a German spy ring.
21 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 22, 1917
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Arthur Conan Doyle
15.9k books24.3k followersSir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a Scottish writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are milestones in the field of crime fiction.
Doyle was a prolific writer. In addition to the Holmes stories, his works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger, and humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels. One of Doyle's early short stories, "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" (1884), helped to popularise the mystery of the brigantine Mary Celeste, found drifting at sea with no crew member aboard.
Doyle was a prolific writer. In addition to the Holmes stories, his works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger, and humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels. One of Doyle's early short stories, "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" (1884), helped to popularise the mystery of the brigantine Mary Celeste, found drifting at sea with no crew member aboard.
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November 4, 2021
Too much talk and too little action.
SYNOPSIS: "The narration is in the third person, not, as usual, by Dr. Watson, and it is a spy story, rather than a murder mystery. Due to its portrayal of British and German spies, its publication during the First World War and its patriotic themes, the story has been interpreted as a propaganda tool intended to boost morale for British readers."
SYNOPSIS: "The narration is in the third person, not, as usual, by Dr. Watson, and it is a spy story, rather than a murder mystery. Due to its portrayal of British and German spies, its publication during the First World War and its patriotic themes, the story has been interpreted as a propaganda tool intended to boost morale for British readers."
July 31, 2019
Holmes had retired, but he received one last assignment. Lovely, a bit melancholic story.
“There's an east wind coming, Watson.”
“I think not, Holmes. It is very warm.”
“Good old Watson! You are the one fixed point in a changing age.”
July 13, 2021
I’m always sad when a great epic comes to an end and reading His Last Bow was an acceptance that it was the end of such an amazing set of stories. I’ll always love the world of Arthur Conan Doyle and Holmes and Watson will forever be amongst the greatest.
This one was a nice, short little story. With deception, plots and a bid to save the country’s secrets told within the pages.
I adored the end quote about the East Wind. So beautifully and lyrically written! I must read the other stories that start prior to this!
This one was a nice, short little story. With deception, plots and a bid to save the country’s secrets told within the pages.
I adored the end quote about the East Wind. So beautifully and lyrically written! I must read the other stories that start prior to this!
October 15, 2023
the government: we need you to do this thing otherwise there will definitely be something like a great war
sherlock: sounds unrealistic. and i don’t care
the government: do it for your country
sherlock: no
sherlock: sounds unrealistic. and i don’t care
the government: do it for your country
sherlock: no
June 28, 2022
5 stars & 5/10 hearts. Oh, I love this story so much. August 1914. As England totters on the edge of WWI, two Germans discuss how well their spying went and how much information they managed to gather. The clever Baron indulges in a few remarks on how foolish the English are and brags on how he is only waiting on one last important communication before escaping...
This is one of the only two Sherlock stories with an omniscient narrator. It’s fascinating and intriguing and twisty, and the humour is excellent and strong. Holmes is simply splendid, and Watson is amazing, and the little speech at the end is epic, and… it’s just the perfect, perfect ending to Sherlock. 🥰
Content: G*d knows; gol-dar*ed; d*mned. Smoking, drinking.
“There’s an east wind coming, Watson.”
“I think not, Holmes. It is very warm.”
“Good old Watson! You are the one fixed point in a changing age. There’s an east wind coming all the same, such a wind as never blew on England yet. It will be cold and bitter, Watson, and a good many of us may wither before its blast. But it’s God’s own wind none the less, and a cleaner, better, stronger land will lie in the sunshine when the storm has cleared.”
This is one of the only two Sherlock stories with an omniscient narrator. It’s fascinating and intriguing and twisty, and the humour is excellent and strong. Holmes is simply splendid, and Watson is amazing, and the little speech at the end is epic, and… it’s just the perfect, perfect ending to Sherlock. 🥰
Content: G*d knows; gol-dar*ed; d*mned. Smoking, drinking.
“There’s an east wind coming, Watson.”
“I think not, Holmes. It is very warm.”
“Good old Watson! You are the one fixed point in a changing age. There’s an east wind coming all the same, such a wind as never blew on England yet. It will be cold and bitter, Watson, and a good many of us may wither before its blast. But it’s God’s own wind none the less, and a cleaner, better, stronger land will lie in the sunshine when the storm has cleared.”
August 24, 2017
Having never read any other installments in the Sherlock Holmes saga, I feel like I might have to revisit this story at a later time. But nonetheless, for now I have arranged my thoughts on this story into a haiku:
"While legends must end,
Noting when the curtain fell,
One has to wonder."
"While legends must end,
Noting when the curtain fell,
One has to wonder."
May 27, 2016
Holmes, in his latter years, writes about bees and lends his services to pre-WWI England.
November 10, 2025
Some beautiful WWI writing from Arthur Conan Doyle.
The mood much more revealing than the plot.
“It was nine o'clock at night upon the second of August-the most terrible August in the history of the world. One might have thought already that God's curse hung heavy over a degenerate earth, for there was an awesome hush and a feeling of vague expectancy in the sultry and stagnant air. The sun had long set, but one blood-red gash, like an open wound, lay low in the distant west. Above the stars were shining brightly, and below the lights of the shipping glimmered in the bay. The two famous Germans stood beside the stone parapet of the garden walk, […] From below the two glowing ends of their cigars might have been smouldering eyes of some malignant fiend looking down in the darkness.”
The mood much more revealing than the plot.
“It was nine o'clock at night upon the second of August-the most terrible August in the history of the world. One might have thought already that God's curse hung heavy over a degenerate earth, for there was an awesome hush and a feeling of vague expectancy in the sultry and stagnant air. The sun had long set, but one blood-red gash, like an open wound, lay low in the distant west. Above the stars were shining brightly, and below the lights of the shipping glimmered in the bay. The two famous Germans stood beside the stone parapet of the garden walk, […] From below the two glowing ends of their cigars might have been smouldering eyes of some malignant fiend looking down in the darkness.”
September 22, 2024
Très moyen, Arthur Conan Doyle n'était pas très doué pour le récit d'espionnage patriotique.
January 15, 2023
There really wasn’t any build up or surprise ending… this one really fell short.
February 19, 2021
Another lovely collection of short stories featuring the beloved duo - Sherlock Holmes and faithful Dr Watson.
July 28, 2024
Great.
This was great, but not going to review it.
For the moment at least.
It’s public domain. You can find it HERE.
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PERSONAL NOTE :
[1917] [30p] [Crime] [3.5] [Recommendable]
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★★★★☆ 1. A Study in Scarlet [3.5]
★★★☆☆ 2. The Sign of Four [2.5]
★★★☆☆ 3. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
★★★★☆ 4. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [3.5]
★★★★☆ 5. The Hound of the Baskervilles
★★★★☆ 6. The Return of Sherlock Holmes
★★★☆☆ 7. The Valley of Fear
★★★★☆ 8. His Last Bow [3.5] <--
★★★☆☆ 9. The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes [2.5]
★★★☆☆ 10. The Complete Sherlock Holmes
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Genial.
Esto estuvo genial, pero no voy a reseñarlo.
Al menos por ahora.
Es dominio público, lo pueden encontrar ACA.
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NOTA PERSONAL :
[1917] [30p] [Crimen] [3.5] [Recomendable]
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This was great, but not going to review it.
For the moment at least.
It’s public domain. You can find it HERE.
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PERSONAL NOTE :
[1917] [30p] [Crime] [3.5] [Recommendable]
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★★★★☆ 1. A Study in Scarlet [3.5]
★★★☆☆ 2. The Sign of Four [2.5]
★★★☆☆ 3. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
★★★★☆ 4. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [3.5]
★★★★☆ 5. The Hound of the Baskervilles
★★★★☆ 6. The Return of Sherlock Holmes
★★★☆☆ 7. The Valley of Fear
★★★★☆ 8. His Last Bow [3.5] <--
★★★☆☆ 9. The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes [2.5]
★★★☆☆ 10. The Complete Sherlock Holmes
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Genial.
Esto estuvo genial, pero no voy a reseñarlo.
Al menos por ahora.
Es dominio público, lo pueden encontrar ACA.
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NOTA PERSONAL :
[1917] [30p] [Crimen] [3.5] [Recomendable]
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September 5, 2017
(5/5 : Seri The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes)
Mrs. Hudson, induk semang (ibu kos) Sherlock Holmes, adalah seorang wanita yang telah lama menderita. Flat lantai pertama miliknya tidak hanya sepanjang waktu diserbu oleh kerumunan orang-orang aneh dan sering tidak diinginkan, tetapi rumahnya yg luar biasa itu menunjukkan eksentrisitas dan ketidakteraturan kehidupan Holmes yg pasti telah menguji kesabarab Mrs. Hudson. Kekumuhan Holmes, kecanduannya pada musik di jam-jam tidak sewajarnya, eksperimen ilmiahnya yang aneh dan sering berbau busuk, latihan menembak dengan revolvers di dalam kamar, dan atmosfer kekerasan serta bahaya yang menggantung di sekelilingnya membuatnya menjadi penyewa terburuk di London. Di sisi lain, ia membayar uang sewa dengan mahal. Aku tidak ragu bahwa rumah Mrs. Hudson bisa terbeli oleh uang sewa yg telah dibayarkan Holmes selama bertahun-tahun aku bersamanya.
Sang induk semang berdiri terpaku di hadapan Holmes dan tidak pernah berani mencampuri urusan Holmes, meskipun prosesnya nampak keterlaluan. Mrs. Hudson sangat menyukai Holmes juga karena Holmes memiliki kesopanan dan kelembutan luar biasa dalam berurusan dengan wanita. Holmes tidak menyukai dan tidak mempercayai seks, tetapi ia selalu menjadi lawan yang sopan. (135/244)
"Salah satu karakteristik paling mencolok Holmes adalah kekuatan pikirannya sebelum mengambil tindakan dan mengubah semua pikirannya untuk memperingan berbagai hal kapan saja setelah ia meyakinkan dirinya sendiri bahwa ia tidak lagi bekerja untuk keuntungan." Dr. Watson
Mrs. Hudson, induk semang (ibu kos) Sherlock Holmes, adalah seorang wanita yang telah lama menderita. Flat lantai pertama miliknya tidak hanya sepanjang waktu diserbu oleh kerumunan orang-orang aneh dan sering tidak diinginkan, tetapi rumahnya yg luar biasa itu menunjukkan eksentrisitas dan ketidakteraturan kehidupan Holmes yg pasti telah menguji kesabarab Mrs. Hudson. Kekumuhan Holmes, kecanduannya pada musik di jam-jam tidak sewajarnya, eksperimen ilmiahnya yang aneh dan sering berbau busuk, latihan menembak dengan revolvers di dalam kamar, dan atmosfer kekerasan serta bahaya yang menggantung di sekelilingnya membuatnya menjadi penyewa terburuk di London. Di sisi lain, ia membayar uang sewa dengan mahal. Aku tidak ragu bahwa rumah Mrs. Hudson bisa terbeli oleh uang sewa yg telah dibayarkan Holmes selama bertahun-tahun aku bersamanya.
Sang induk semang berdiri terpaku di hadapan Holmes dan tidak pernah berani mencampuri urusan Holmes, meskipun prosesnya nampak keterlaluan. Mrs. Hudson sangat menyukai Holmes juga karena Holmes memiliki kesopanan dan kelembutan luar biasa dalam berurusan dengan wanita. Holmes tidak menyukai dan tidak mempercayai seks, tetapi ia selalu menjadi lawan yang sopan. (135/244)
"Salah satu karakteristik paling mencolok Holmes adalah kekuatan pikirannya sebelum mengambil tindakan dan mengubah semua pikirannya untuk memperingan berbagai hal kapan saja setelah ia meyakinkan dirinya sendiri bahwa ia tidak lagi bekerja untuk keuntungan." Dr. Watson
June 11, 2015
Brilliant. Had an excellent audiobook version of it for my work commute - Tantor Media. The narrator, Simon Prebble seamlessly slipped into a couple dozen different voices and accents. Great fun. I'd never read this collection either, so it was all a treat.
July 29, 2012
It's Holmes. 'Nuff said.
October 1, 2013
Not one of the better-written stories, even if Holmes pulled out of retirement late in his life to tackle an infamous spy is a good premise.
May 15, 2017
Opinião brevemente :)
March 27, 2017
Have read all of Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and probably others as well, just never bothered to put them in to amazon or goodreads, so dates wrong. Some KU some paperback some hardback some collections.
June 30, 2018
The eighth, and final, short story in His Last Bow by Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes wants retirement, but he is lured into a case involving espionage. Fun and entertaining.
October 22, 2019
It was great. My favorite was probably 'The Devil's Foot'.
December 19, 2021
En heel verrassend eindigt Doyle met een spionagezaak. Leuk werkje.
August 29, 2025
#Binge Reviewing my previous Reads #Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle’s His Last Bow is unlike any of the other Sherlock Holmes stories, and that difference strikes you immediately. Where the classic Holmes tale is a clockwork mechanism of deduction, a case solved through dazzling logic, this story plays with much broader themes, evoking war, sacrifice, and the fate of nations.
Doyle, writing in 1917 with the First World War at its height, repurposes his detective not as the consulting genius of Baker Street but as a shadowy defender of Britain itself. The story becomes less about the thrill of the chase and more about the moral weight of looming catastrophe.
We open not in fog-wreathed London, but in a quiet house in the English countryside where von Bork, a German spy who has patiently gathered secrets for years, contemplates his triumph.
He is a sinister inversion of Holmes himself: methodical, thorough, and always two steps ahead of his enemies. Around him lies a treasure trove of stolen intelligence—naval charts, political papers, and plans that, if carried back to Germany, could wound Britain fatally on the eve of war.
Doyle paints von Bork not as a melodramatic villain but as something colder and more frightening: a bureaucrat of espionage, confident in his success. The atmosphere is heavy with anticipation, as if the calm before the guns of August is being dramatized through the rustle of papers and the ticking of clocks.
Enter Altamont, the Irish-American agent who has supposedly been von Bork’s loyal operative. He swaggers, drinks, grumbles, embodies the image of the mercenary. However, beneath this crude mask lies Holmes himself, older now, greyer, moving in the shadows rather than in the limelight. The reveal of his true identity, when it comes, is pure Doyle—the rug pulled out from under both von Bork and the reader. For once, the surprise is not in who committed a crime, but in who has been sitting in the room with us all along. It is as if Holmes has transformed from detective into spy, from solver of murders to guardian of empires.
Watson, of course, appears, still the faithful companion, though here his role is more muted. What matters most is the symbolic unity of the two men. They are not investigating a puzzle for a client but defending their country on the threshold of global conflict.
The years weigh on them. Holmes admits that he has been retired to Sussex, tending his bees, and that this mission is a temporary return, his “last bow” before the curtain falls. The language here, saturated with valediction, tells us that Doyle himself is orchestrating a farewell not only for Holmes the character but for an entire era of storytelling.
The closing passage elevates the tale from an espionage yarn to something like prophetic literature. Holmes gazes eastward and speaks of the wind that is coming, the cold, bitter wind of war. His words resonate far beyond the immediate plot.
They acknowledge the devastation that had already engulfed Europe and the sacrifices yet to come. But they also frame the war as purifying, a storm that, once endured, will leave the land cleaner and stronger. It is a clear piece of patriotic writing, a call to endurance disguised as dialogue between two aging friends. In that moment, Holmes becomes less a fictional detective than a national symbol, a kind of moral compass pointing England toward courage.
Reading His Last Bow today, one cannot miss its propagandistic undertone, yet it never feels crude. Doyle’s skill ensures that the story still works as a narrative: the tension of espionage, the twist of disguise, and the satisfaction of watching a villain undone. But it also functions as a cultural artifact, a glimpse of how fiction was mobilized to steady hearts during wartime.
Holmes is no longer aloof, arrogant, or ironic; he is grave and dignified, speaking almost like an oracle.
The tale is therefore both an ending and a transformation. It tells us that stories, like men, must adapt to history, and that even the most private of detectives may one day be summoned to the stage of nations.
Arthur Conan Doyle’s His Last Bow is unlike any of the other Sherlock Holmes stories, and that difference strikes you immediately. Where the classic Holmes tale is a clockwork mechanism of deduction, a case solved through dazzling logic, this story plays with much broader themes, evoking war, sacrifice, and the fate of nations.
Doyle, writing in 1917 with the First World War at its height, repurposes his detective not as the consulting genius of Baker Street but as a shadowy defender of Britain itself. The story becomes less about the thrill of the chase and more about the moral weight of looming catastrophe.
We open not in fog-wreathed London, but in a quiet house in the English countryside where von Bork, a German spy who has patiently gathered secrets for years, contemplates his triumph.
He is a sinister inversion of Holmes himself: methodical, thorough, and always two steps ahead of his enemies. Around him lies a treasure trove of stolen intelligence—naval charts, political papers, and plans that, if carried back to Germany, could wound Britain fatally on the eve of war.
Doyle paints von Bork not as a melodramatic villain but as something colder and more frightening: a bureaucrat of espionage, confident in his success. The atmosphere is heavy with anticipation, as if the calm before the guns of August is being dramatized through the rustle of papers and the ticking of clocks.
Enter Altamont, the Irish-American agent who has supposedly been von Bork’s loyal operative. He swaggers, drinks, grumbles, embodies the image of the mercenary. However, beneath this crude mask lies Holmes himself, older now, greyer, moving in the shadows rather than in the limelight. The reveal of his true identity, when it comes, is pure Doyle—the rug pulled out from under both von Bork and the reader. For once, the surprise is not in who committed a crime, but in who has been sitting in the room with us all along. It is as if Holmes has transformed from detective into spy, from solver of murders to guardian of empires.
Watson, of course, appears, still the faithful companion, though here his role is more muted. What matters most is the symbolic unity of the two men. They are not investigating a puzzle for a client but defending their country on the threshold of global conflict.
The years weigh on them. Holmes admits that he has been retired to Sussex, tending his bees, and that this mission is a temporary return, his “last bow” before the curtain falls. The language here, saturated with valediction, tells us that Doyle himself is orchestrating a farewell not only for Holmes the character but for an entire era of storytelling.
The closing passage elevates the tale from an espionage yarn to something like prophetic literature. Holmes gazes eastward and speaks of the wind that is coming, the cold, bitter wind of war. His words resonate far beyond the immediate plot.
They acknowledge the devastation that had already engulfed Europe and the sacrifices yet to come. But they also frame the war as purifying, a storm that, once endured, will leave the land cleaner and stronger. It is a clear piece of patriotic writing, a call to endurance disguised as dialogue between two aging friends. In that moment, Holmes becomes less a fictional detective than a national symbol, a kind of moral compass pointing England toward courage.
Reading His Last Bow today, one cannot miss its propagandistic undertone, yet it never feels crude. Doyle’s skill ensures that the story still works as a narrative: the tension of espionage, the twist of disguise, and the satisfaction of watching a villain undone. But it also functions as a cultural artifact, a glimpse of how fiction was mobilized to steady hearts during wartime.
Holmes is no longer aloof, arrogant, or ironic; he is grave and dignified, speaking almost like an oracle.
The tale is therefore both an ending and a transformation. It tells us that stories, like men, must adapt to history, and that even the most private of detectives may one day be summoned to the stage of nations.
May 25, 2024
In terms of dating, this is the last of the Holmes/Watson stories. Others were published after this one, but they were all dated earlier. It is also only one of two stories told in the third person.
It's an espionage story, rather than a mystery, taking place at the dawn of WWI. A German operative, Van Bork, has a safe filled with British military secrets; the Irish-American spy, Altamont, is about to sell him more. But Altamont turns out to be Sherlock Holmes, and his chauffeur is John Watson.
To be honest, not the best of stories. It was probably meant as a bit of war propaganda. Still, it's nice to think of Holmes and Watson going out as war heroes.
Screen history:
1923 -- Stoll film series
1942 -- Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce -- updated to WWII --not much to do with the original except for the final speech "There's an east wind coming . . . "
2001 --Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century animated --"The Secret Safe"
It's an espionage story, rather than a mystery, taking place at the dawn of WWI. A German operative, Van Bork, has a safe filled with British military secrets; the Irish-American spy, Altamont, is about to sell him more. But Altamont turns out to be Sherlock Holmes, and his chauffeur is John Watson.
To be honest, not the best of stories. It was probably meant as a bit of war propaganda. Still, it's nice to think of Holmes and Watson going out as war heroes.
Screen history:
1923 -- Stoll film series
1942 -- Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce -- updated to WWII --not much to do with the original except for the final speech "There's an east wind coming . . . "
2001 --Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century animated --"The Secret Safe"
July 10, 2024
FULL REVIEW ON MY WEBSITE
https://thebookcornerchronicles.com/2...
To be fully honest here this story was a little bit weak but let me explain why I say so.
The plot here was a little bit off and weak in my opinion. It for sure wasn’t one of the best Sherlock Holmes stories but it still bring joy and entertaining while reading it. But after reading it and thinking about this story I gotta say that it could have been better than it actually was.
The characters here are okay but when it comes to Sherlock Holmes and doctor Watson they are an amazing due and I loved they both because they have something in them which makes us relate to them.
The writing style here was okay but I think that sir Arthur Conan Doyle could have done better in this book.
https://thebookcornerchronicles.com/2...
To be fully honest here this story was a little bit weak but let me explain why I say so.
The plot here was a little bit off and weak in my opinion. It for sure wasn’t one of the best Sherlock Holmes stories but it still bring joy and entertaining while reading it. But after reading it and thinking about this story I gotta say that it could have been better than it actually was.
The characters here are okay but when it comes to Sherlock Holmes and doctor Watson they are an amazing due and I loved they both because they have something in them which makes us relate to them.
The writing style here was okay but I think that sir Arthur Conan Doyle could have done better in this book.
March 22, 2022
This was good. I think at the time this was meant to be the last book written for Sherlock Holmes. As his last book I expected a full length story about a fantastic caper perhaps between him and moriaty. Instead I got some random short stories. They were ok but you were not able to solve or guess the murderer in any of them. They are un memorable murders too. Holmes would talk about the smell or something he noticed at the crimescene when he had already caught the murderer. Maybe it's my mind set at the moment but this series does not have the same spark of enjoyment I had when I started it. I would rate it 3.5 stars
February 25, 2023
"Good old Watson! You are the one fixed point in a changing age. There's an east wind coming all the same, such a wind as never blew on England yet. It will be cold and bitter, Watson, and a good many of us may wither before its blast. But it's God's own wind none the less, and a cleaner, better, stronger land will lie in the sunshine when the storm has cleared."
Holmes’ last words before retirement in Sussex, where Holmes took up the hobby of beekeeping. It almost seemed a half a story, not much to deduce and shorter than many of the other short stories. Still, a good read, and a bittersweet farewell to Holmes and his detective work.
Holmes’ last words before retirement in Sussex, where Holmes took up the hobby of beekeeping. It almost seemed a half a story, not much to deduce and shorter than many of the other short stories. Still, a good read, and a bittersweet farewell to Holmes and his detective work.
November 19, 2024
The British government request assistance from a retired detective who gives up beekeeping to infiltrate a German spy network in “His Last Bow.” After establishing faulty credentials as an embittered Irish American, Altamont disseminated faulty intelligence and captured many agents. The last chore before he can reclaim his life as Sherlock Holmes is to apprehend Von Bork before he leaves for the Netherlands with confidential papers. - See His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes (Book #8)
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 28, 2023
Definitely a disappointment. Like “The Adventure of the Final Problem,” this story finds us basically at the end of an adventure, and we merely get to hear some dialog (with a minimum amount of action) about what has already happened. If Doyle had been willing to write the story that happened instead of this closing paragraph, then I have no doubt it would have been an incredible story—but most likely not a short story at that point.
May 20, 2021
Entertaining reading 📚
Due to eye damage Alexa reads to me, another will written Sherlock Holmes mystery novella taking place just before World War I. Sherlock and Watson are involved in solving a case of German espionage. I would recommend this novella to fans of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes. Enjoy reading 🔰 2021
Due to eye damage Alexa reads to me, another will written Sherlock Holmes mystery novella taking place just before World War I. Sherlock and Watson are involved in solving a case of German espionage. I would recommend this novella to fans of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes. Enjoy reading 🔰 2021
October 13, 2025
Sherlock Holmes comes out of his retirement of observing and studying bees instead of human Londoners. His country needs him for the World War One effort. It will take two years of effort before he can take His Last Bow and return to the apiaries for good.
"The Englishman is a patient creature, but at present his temper is a little inflamed, and it would be as well not to try him too far."
"The Englishman is a patient creature, but at present his temper is a little inflamed, and it would be as well not to try him too far."
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