Set in an English-Scottish border village during the waning days of the Napoleonic era, this adventure story introduces us to Jock Calder, whose quiet way of life is shattered when a mysterious str...
Kolejni spadkobiercy majątku Baskerville’ów giną w tajemniczych okolicznościach na bagnach koło rodzinnej posiadłości w hrabstwie Devon. Miejscowa ludność przypisuje te zagadkowe zgony...
Ah! Dumas, Alexandre Dumas, le père d’histoires exellentes! Cette fois-ci, il nous transporte en Hollande au XVIIème siècle, le siècle que l’on sait êt...
Love humor writing? Can’t get enough of classic adventure tales? First published in 1902, „The Adventures of Gerard” are the autobiographical reminiscences of an old fictional bri...
„The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard” is a volume collecting 8 short stories about a courier and cavalryman in the personal service of Napoleon Bonaparte. The stories in „The Exploit...
Arthur Conan Doyle never wasted time in getting his stories moving. His plots are always direct and refreshingly lucid, and the narrative has a velocity that sweeps you along right to the end. This...
In this second volume of all the collected works that feature Sherlock Holmes and his friend Dr. John Watson, the reader gets reacquainted with the great detective and his friend through 33 short s...
« Le soir même de notre arrivée à Naples, nous courûmes sur le port, Jadin et moi, pour nous informer si par hasard quelque bâtiment, soit à vapeur, soi...
„The Poison Belt”, a novella by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is remarkable in that we, with the central characters, are permitted to witness what seems to be a global apocalypse, while endur...
Faites la connaissance: la grenouille mademoiselle Camargo, la tortue Gazelle, les singes Jacques I et Jacques II, l’ours Tom et la chatte Michette. L’histoire, qui se semble comme le c...
„The Disintegration Machine” is a story featuring Doyle’s famous character Professor Challenger. It was first published in The Strand Magazine in January 1929. The story centers o...
The eighth issue features the usual assortment of stories and non-fiction. These are the next to last of the series of short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about Sherlock Holmes. Some are set be...
In this collection are four more individual cases for Mr. Sherlock Holmes, narrated by his faithful friend and admirer Dr. Watson. Once more, they are solved by this bloodhound of a genius. This gr...
John and Ezra Girdlestone, father and son, run a British merchant company trading to the African coast with several sailing ships, all dangerously ill-maintained. Their small office is in London, t...
Sherlock Holmes is a fictional consulting detective in London 1880-1914 created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Holmes, master of disguise, reasoned logically to deduce cli...
Doktor medycyny John H., weteran wojenny, powraca do Londynu. Tu poznaje ekscentrycznego detektywa amatora Sherlocka Holmesa. Wkrótce potem Holmes dostaje list od oficera Scotland Yardu z pr...
C’est un exellent petit roman, qui n‘est pas moins intéressant, que ses grands frères. Un recit intrigant des nombreuses histoires. Un personnage principal, Gabriel Lamber...
Heavily influenced by Doyle’s growing belief in Spiritualism after the death of his son, brother, and two nephews in World War I, the book focuses on Edward Malone’s at first profession...