His last bow
题名:
His last bow
著者:
Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930
Moffat, Steven, 1961-
ISBN:
9781849907613
出版信息:
London : BBC Books, 2014
规格:
ix, 273 p. ; 20 cm
系列:
Sherlock
系列题名:
Sherlock
摘要:
A body on the London Underground; the strange disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax; a parcel containing some coarse salt and two freshly severed human ears ... This collection of eight cases from Doctor Watson's portfolio illustrates the singular mental faculties of Sherlock Holmes. In the course of his investigations, Holmes himself is struck down by a virulent Eastern disease, and we are reintroduced to his remarkable brother Mycroft: "all other men are specialists, but his specialism is omniscience." Finally, with the approach of the German War, Holmes emerges from retirement among his books and bees on the South Downs to lay his unique intellect at the disposal of the British Government, with the historic results
主题:
| Holmes, Sherlock -- Fiction |
| Watson, John H. (Fictitious character) -- Fiction |
摘要:
A body on the London Underground; the strange disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax; a parcel containing some coarse salt and two freshly severed human ears ... This collection of eight cases from Doctor Watson's portfolio illustrates the singular mental faculties of Sherlock Holmes. In the course of his investigations, Holmes himself is struck down by a virulent Eastern disease, and we are reintroduced to his remarkable brother Mycroft: "all other men are specialists, but his specialism is omniscience." Finally, with the approach of the German War, Holmes emerges from retirement among his books and bees on the South Downs to lay his unique intellect at the disposal of the British Government, with the historic results