The Return of Sherlock Holmes and His Last Bow

Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. Ten years after the supposed death of Sherlock Holmes at the Reichenbach Falls, Arthur Conan Doyle was to bow to popular pressure and the large fees offered by publishers to revive the detective's career. To the astonishment of Dr Watson and the delight of his readers Holmes returns to Baker Street, explains how he escaped death at the Falls and is ready to commence detective work once more. Doyle provided a rich and fascinating set of mysteries to challenge his sleuth in this collection. As before, Watson is the superb narrator and his magic remains unchanged and undimmed. In His Last Bow, the final story of this collection, we are told how Sherlock Holmes is brought out of retirement to help the Government fight the German threat at the approach of the First World War. It is the last time that Holmes and Watson work together. As well as his witty and illuminating Afterword to this edition, David Stuart Davies, the illustrious editor of Sherlock magazine, has provided a fascinating chronology of the Sherlock Holmes Stories.Stories in this edition:The Return of Sherlock Holmes1. The Empty House2. The Norwood Builder3. The Dancing Men4. The Solitary Cyclist5. The Priory School6. Black Peter7. Charles Augustus Milverton8. The Six Napoleons9. The Three Students10. The Golden Pince-Nez11. The Missing Three-Quarter12. The Abbey Grange13. The Second StainHis Last Bow14. Wisteria Lodge15. The Cardboard Box16. The Red Circle17. The Bruce-Partington Plans18. The Dying Detective19. The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax20. The Devil's Foot21. His Last Bow