Sherlock Holmes The valley of fear
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson respond to a coded warning when they arrived at a fortressed country house of the reclusive Jack Douglas, too late to prevent a tragic death. They must follow a series of clues in search of a murderer and establish a connection between the corpse with a missing face an...
Main Author: | Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930. |
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Format: | Audiobooks Audiobook (CD) |
Language: | English |
Published: |
[London] : Hampton, NH :
BBC Worldwide Ltd. ; [Distributed by] BBC Audiobooks America,
c2003.
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BBC Radio collection
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Summary: |
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson respond to a coded warning when they arrived at a fortressed country house of the reclusive Jack Douglas, too late to prevent a tragic death. They must follow a series of clues in search of a murderer and establish a connection between the corpse with a missing face and a ruthless secret society which once terrorized a desolate region of the United States. |
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Item Description: |
BBC Audiobooks America: BBCD 037. Indexed inaudibly at approximately three minute intervals and at logical junctions to facilitate the location of segments by the listeners. |
Physical Description: |
2 sound discs (1 hr., 50 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. Also issued on cassette. |
Playing Time: |
00:56:29 00:55:24 |
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Compact discs (DDD) |
ISBN: |
0563523891 : |
Author Notes: |
Doyle sold his first story, "The Mystery of the Sasassa Valley," to Chambers' Journal in 1879. When Doyle published the novel, A Study in Scarlet in 1887, Sherlock Holmes was introduced to an avid public. Doyle is reputed to have used one of his medical professors, Dr. Joseph Bell, as a model for Holmes's character. Eventually, Doyle wrote three additional Holmes novels and five collections of Holmes short stories. A brilliant, though somewhat eccentric, detective, Holmes employs scientific methods of observation and deduction to solve the mysteries that he investigates. Although an "amateur" private detective, he is frequently called upon by Scotland Yard for assistance. Holmes's assistant, the faithful Dr. Watson, provides a striking contrast to Holmes's brilliant intellect and, in Doyle's day at least, serves as a character with whom the reader can readily identify. Having tired of Holmes's popularity, Doyle even tried to kill the great detective in "The Final Problem" but was forced by an outraged public to resurrect him in 1903. Although Holmes remained Doyle's most popular literary creation, Doyle wrote prolifically in other genres, including historical adventure, science fiction, and supernatural fiction. Despite Doyle's sometimes careless writing, he was a superb storyteller. His great skill as a popular author lay in his technique of involving readers in his highly entertaining adventures. (Bowker Author Biography) |