His Last Bow
Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle
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'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.
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His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes (Oxford World's Classics)
March 31, 2000, Oxford University Press, USA
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His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes (The Oxford Sherlock Holmes)
February 2, 1995, Oxford University Press, USA
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His last bow: some reminiscenes of Sherlock Holmes
1994, Oxford University Press
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His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes
1993, Oxford University Press
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His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes is the fourth collection of Sherlock Holmes stories published by Arthur Conan Doyles. It begins with a preface by Dr. John Watson, supposedly written in 1917, assuring the reader that Holmes is still alive but living in quiet retirement in Sussex.
This collection contains the well-known stories “The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,” in which Holmes has to track down stolen plans for a new kind of submarine; and “The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot” in which a Cornish family is found one morning driven mad or dead, with expressions of horror on their faces. The titular story “His Last Bow” is set on the very eve of the outbreak of the First World War, and involves Holmes and Watson coming out of retirement to defeat a German spy.
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