Sherlock Holmes – His Last Bow

Arthur Conan Doyle

A missing woman. A stolen military secret. A detective who may be facing death – and one last bow before history changes forever.

In His Last Bow, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson return in a collection of eight late adventures that carry the great detective from familiar crimes of passion and concealment into the darker atmosphere of espionage and war. A mysterious guest disappears from Wisteria Lodge. A dreadful package reveals the trace of jealousy and murder. Secret submarine plans vanish from government hands. Holmes lies apparently dying from a rare tropical disease. Lady Frances Carfax disappears abroad. And on the Cornish coast, an inexplicable horror leaves one woman dead and two men shattered.

These stories show Holmes in many of his most memorable roles: observer, actor, strategist, master of disguise and servant of justice.

The title story, „His Last Bow. The War Service of Sherlock Holmes“, moves beyond Baker Street into the world of international espionage, as Holmes confronts a German spy on the eve of the First World War.
First published in book form in 1917, His Last Bow brings together stories first published between 1893 and 1917 and marks one of the final stages of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes canon. It is presented here as

Volume 8 of The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection,

arranged according to the order of original publication. This is the English-language paperback edition of His Last Bow.
Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes. His Last Bow. The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection 8. His Last Bow (London: John Murray, 1917; first published in periodicals, chiefly The Strand Magazine, London, 1908-1917). Complete and Unabridged Unillustrated Edition. Vollständige Neuausgabe ohne Illustrationen, 1. Auflage, Göttingen 2026.

EAN: 9783753804231
LIWI Literatur- und Wissenschaftsverlag
Mai 2026 – 136 Seiten