The Valley of Fear, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Valley of Fear, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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The Valley of Fear
The Complete Book

Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrator: T. Walters, Tom Potter

Unabridged: 6 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: One Media iP

Published: 12/27/2017


Synopsis

The Valley of Fear is the fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel by Arthur Conan Doyle. This dark tale details an early encounter between Holmes and Professor Moriarty. When Watson and Holmes receive a cipher warning them of evil doings, they're prompted to travel to Sussex, where they discover a corpse with its head blown to pieces.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 Federico on February 28, 2024

Moriarty-less. Mr. Douglas of Birlstone Manor is found dead of a shotgun wound to the head, apparently the product of a long standing feud with the infamous Professor Moriarty. A devastated Mrs. Douglas and gentleman Cecil Barker meet detectives Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, in an investigation......more

Goodreads review by Henry on June 08, 2024

Sherlock Holmes receives a message from the mysterious "Porlock" , a nom-de plume, as he tells the curious Dr.Watson, in their residence, at 221 B Baker Street, in London...coded, they will have to find a particular book to decipher it, but clues are given and though a second note promised, never ar......more

Goodreads review by Steven on October 11, 2020

Fue bueno, pero no para tanto. En realidad 2,8 No puedo negar que mi personaje favorito es Sherlock Holmes, quizás por ello, mi fanatismo causó que mi primera impresión en cada una de sus novelas fuera de adulación hacia sus historias. Sin embargo, soy consciente de que ese fanatismo puede enceguecerm......more

Goodreads review by Charles on March 02, 2024

Charles van Buren 5.0 out of 5 stars One of the more exciting Sherlock Holmes tales Format: Kindle Edition This review is of the free Kindle edition: A Public Domain Book Publication date: May 12, 2012 Language: English ASIN: B0082RVDYUBook THE VALLEY OF FEAR, the fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel (but......more