Étoile d'argent et autres aventures de Sherlock Holmes/Silver Blaze and other adventures of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle, Alain Jumeau (Translator)

Sherlock Holmes ? Une grande silhouette mince et athlétique, un long manteau, un chapeau à oreillettes, une pipe, une loupe et surtout un talent exceptionnel pour résoudre les énigmes policières les plus complexes... Dans les quatre aventures de ce recueil, le célèbre détective, assisté de son fidèle ami Watson, doit souvent prendre de grands risques pour tenter de sauver des vies humaines, mais ce sont d'abord des enquêtes criminelles qui présentent de véritables mystères et révèlent toutes les turpitudes de la nature humaine.

338 pages, Paperback

Published March 10, 2005

About the author

Sir 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.