Authors: Arthur Conan Doyle
ISBN-13: 9780559555275, ISBN-10: 055955527X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: BiblioBazaar
Date Published: November 2008
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was both a doctor and a believer in spirits, which may partly explain why his Sherlock Holmes is one of literature's most beloved detectives: Holmes always approaches his cases with the gentility and logic of a scientist, but the stories are suffused with an aura of the supernatural. Narrated by devoted assistant Dr. John H. Watson, Holmes's adventures were so addictive that fans protested the master deducer's "death" in 1893 and Doyle had to resurrect him.
At this unexpected announcement Talleyrand and Berthier looked at each other in silence, and for once the trained features of the great diplomatist, who lived behind a mask, betrayed the fact that he was still capable of emotion. The spasm which passed over them was caused, however, rather by mischievous amusement than by consternation, while Berthier--who had an honest affection for both Napoleon and Josephine-- ran frantically to the door as if to bar the Empress from entering.
Chapter I | The Coast of France | 3 |
Chapter II | The Salt-Marsh | 20 |
Chapter III | The Ruined Cottage | 33 |
Chapter IV | Men of the Night | 41 |
Chapter V | The Law | 55 |
Chapter VI | The Secret Passage | 68 |
Chapter VII | The Owner of Grosbois | 81 |
Chapter VIII | Cousin Sibylle | 92 |
Chapter IX | The Camp of Boulogne | 106 |
Chapter X | The Ante-Room | 120 |
Chapter XI | The Secretary | 136 |
Chapter XII | The Man of Action | 147 |
Chapter XIII | The Man of Dreams | 173 |
Chapter XIV | Josephine | 189 |
Chapter XV | The Reception of the Empress | 203 |
Chapter XVI | The Library of Grosbois | 226 |
Chapter XVII | The End | 245 |