Publisher's Synopsis
- Arthur Conan DOYLE is a British writer and doctor (Scottish), born in 1859 and died in 1930 (at age 71). This author has had success for his crime novels starring detective Sherlock Holmes. He has also written science fiction novels and plays and poetry. He served as a ship's doctor. In 1887, he wrote "A study in red." This is the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes. In 1890, the author studied ophthalmology in Vienna, and in 1891 he moved to London as an ophthalmologist. The adventures of his character Sherlock Holmes are read worldwide. Conan Doyle's political commitment and literary work, with over 50 books and a lot of news, earned him a knighthood in 1902, when he became "Sir" Arthur Conan Doyle. Conan Doyle had five children, two from his first wife and three from his second wife. - A STUDY IN SCARLET is a detective novel by Arthur Conan Doyle, published in 1888. The novel is about an investigation by detective Sherlock Holmes, narrated by his new companion, Dr. Watson. Also, in an empty house at No. 3 Lauriston Gardens in the vicinity of London, a man was found dead. Is he murdered? There is no apparent injury that allows to say it. On the other hand, there are spots of blood that stain the room, and on the wall, was scribbled in a hurry, an inscription Rache! Revenge ! Twenty years earlier, in the Nevada Gorge, Jean Ferrier was executed by bloodthirsty Mormons charged with upholding the law of the prophet. His daughter, Lucie, was sequestered among the wives of the son of the Elder. Is there a link between these two events, both unusual and tragic? Only Sherlock Holmes is able to understand what really happened and to dissect the intrigue and its subtleties.
