The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

<p><em>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</em> gathers together the first twelve short stories of Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle’s famous private investigator all of which appeared in <em>The Strand</em> magazine following the success of two earlier Holmes novels <em>A Study in Scarlet</em> and <em>The Sign of the Four</em>.   With the <em>Adventures</em> Holmes’ persona of infallible detective slips somewhat and Conan-Doyle occasionally allows the villain to escape or fail to get his just desserts.  In the first encounter <em>A Scandal in Bohemia</em> the arch-sleuth is even bested by a woman - a shocking put-down for any self-respecting Victorian male and doubly so for Holmes!  With 13 of Sidney Paget’s original illustrations and written by a master of his art these are tales you will come back to again and again.</p>