His Last Bow
Subtitle: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes
Contributors: Owen Dudley Edwards (Editor)
Edition: printing (1)
Series: Oxford Sherlock Holmes
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780192123152
Copyright date: 1993
Description: 'His Last Bow', the title story of this collection, tells how Sherlock Holmes is brought out of retirement to help the Government fight the German threat at the approach of the First World War. The Prime Minister himself requests Holmes's services to hunt down the remarkable German agent, Von Bork. Several of the detective's earlier cases complete the volume, including 'Wisteria Lodge', 'The Bruce-Partington Plans', and 'The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax'. In 'The Dying Detective', Dr Watson is horrified to discover Holmes at death's door from a mysterious tropical disease as his friend lays a trap for a murderer.
Table of contents: title: Wisteria Lodge; title: The Bruce-Partington Plans; title: The Devil's Foot; title: The Red Circle; title: The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax; title: The Dying Detective; title: His Last Bow