The Return of Sherlock Holmes The Ad..., Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Return of Sherlock Holmes The Ad..., Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter

Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrator: T. Sanders, Kaz Wilbur

Unabridged: 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: One Media iP

Published: 12/27/2017


Synopsis

"The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter" is one of 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. Holmes works towards solving a case involving the disappearance of Godfrey Staunton- a key player at Overton's rugby union team.A One Media iP production.

About Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle, a Scottish writer whose works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays, romances, poetry, and nonfiction, is best known as the creator of the detective Sherlock Holmes. While Holmes was the embodiment of scientific thinking, Doyle himself did not exhibit the same rationality, believing in fairies and occultism. His Sherlock Holmes stories have been translated into more than fifty languages and have been made into plays, films, radio and television series, cartoons, and comic books. By 1920, Doyle was one of the most highly paid writers in the world. Other works by Doyle include The Lost World, the first book in the Professor Challenger series; The White Company, one of his many historical novels; and The Great Boer War.

Doyle was born at Picardy Place, near Edinburgh, in 1859. He was educated in Jesuit schools and studied at Edinburgh University. In 1884, he married Louise Hawkins. Doyle qualified as a doctor in 1885 and practiced medicine as an eye specialist in Hampshire until 1891, when he became a full-time writer. Doyle's first Sherlock Holmes story, A Study in Scarlet, was published in 1887 and introduced the detective's faithful associate, Dr. Watson.

During the Boer war in South Africa (1899-1902), Doyle served several months as the senior physician at a field hospital. There he wrote The War in South Africa, in which he expressed the imperial view. He twice ran unsuccessfully for Parliament but nevertheless was knighted in 1902. In 1907, fourteen months after his wife died, Doyle married Jean Leckie. After his son Kingsley died in the first World War, Doyle dedicated himself to spiritualistic studies at his home in Windlesham, Sussex. He died himself in 1930.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Aishu

In this story, Mr. Cyril Overton of Trinity College, Cambridge comes to Holmes seeking his help in Godfrey Staunton’s disappearance. Staunton is the key man on Overton’s rugby team (who plays at the three-quarters position, hence the story's title), and they will never win the important match tomorr......more

Goodreads review by Jack

3 Stars. There's been a kidnapping before the annual rugger match between Cambridge and Oxford. To influence the outcome? Is important money riding on the result? It's not Sherlock Holmes's most exciting adventure, but anything with Holmes and Watson moves the needle for me. Godfrey Staunton is the......more

Goodreads review by Diamond

A great Sherlock Holmes adventure where a missing three-quarter plays a leading roll.......more