Showing posts with label Arthur Conan Doyle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Arthur Conan Doyle. Show all posts

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Sherlock Holmes - A Study In Scarlet

Sidney Paget: Sherlock Holmes
Sidney Paget: Sherlock Holmes (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Mr. Sherlock Holmes In the year 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London, and proceeded to Netley to go through the course prescribed for sur- geons in the army. Having completed my studies there, I was duly attached to the Fifth Northum- berland Fusiliers as Assistant Surgeon. The regi- ment was stationed in India at the time, and before I could join it, the second Afghan war had bro- ken out. On landing at Bombay, I learned that my corps had advanced through the passes, and was already deep in the enemy’s country.

 I followed, however, with many other officers who were in the same situation as myself, and succeeded in reach- ing Candahar in safety, where I found my regi- ment, and at once entered upon my new duties. The campaign brought honours and promotion to many, but for me it had nothing but misfortune and disaster. I was removed from my brigade and attached to the Berkshires, with whom I served at the fatal battle of Maiwand. There I was struck on the shoulder by a Jezail bullet, which shat- tered the bone and grazed the subclavian artery.

 I should have fallen into the hands of the murder- ous Ghazis had it not been for the devotion and courage shown by Murray, my orderly, who threw me across a pack-horse, and succeeded in bringing me safely to the British lines. Worn with pain, and weak from the prolonged hardships which I had undergone, I was removed, with a great train of wounded sufferers, to the base hospital at Peshawar. Here I rallied, and had al- ready improved so far as to be able to walk about the wards, and even to bask a little upon the ve- randah, when I was struck down by enteric fever, that curse of our Indian possessions.

 For months my life was despaired of, and when at last I came to myself and became convalescent, I was so weak and emaciated that a medical board determined that not a day should be lost in sending me back to England. I was dispatched, accordingly, in the troopship Orontes, and landed a month later on Portsmouth jetty, with my health irretrievably ru- ined, but with permission from a paternal govern- ment to spend the next nine months in attempting to improve it. I had neither kith nor kin in England, and was therefore as free as air—or as free as an income of eleven shillings and sixpence a day will permit a man to be. Under such circumstances, I natu- rally gravitated to London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained.

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Monday, September 9, 2013

Sherlock Holmes - Terror By Night - Classic Movie





Now here is a rare treat.  A 1946 Sherlock Holmes movie that was originally filmed in black and white and has been turned into color.  Terror by Night.  With Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr Watson.  Though these were very popular films back in their day, there were a lot of complaints about them as the films were not close to any of the books.

  If you are a purest, you hated these.  If you just like the Sherlock Holmes character, then these were well done.   Either way, we always found them fun to watch.
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Saturday, August 31, 2013

Sherlock Holmes Weekend Off

Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
We are taking this weekend off.  Now we know how upset everyone is about this so we are going to give you something to read until we come back.  We will be back on Monday, September, 2nd, 2013.  When we come back, we have a major surprise in store for everyone.  We do mean major.

In the mean time we have this exciting Sherlock Holmes mini ebook story for everyone.  It's only 16 pages long and is a great read.  The Adventure of the Empty House.  Free downloads are available from our SlideShare site.  To open the file below, left click the icon at the very bottom right hand corner at the file will open to full screen view.  To leave full screen view just hit your escape key on your keyboard.



See you all again on Monday.  Have a safe and happy weekend.
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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

The Boscombe Valley Mystery - Sherlock Holmes


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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes story, "The Boscombe Valley Mystery."  A change of pace for the week.  Free downloads can be had on this story at our SlideShare site.  You will have to sign in with either a Facebook account or a LinkedIn account for the download.  Or read it here online.
Illustration of the Sherlock Holmes short stor...
Illustration of the Sherlock Holmes short story The Boscombe Valley Mystery. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Sunday, July 14, 2013

Sherlock Holmes - The Mystery of the Doomed Daredevil




Sherlock Holmes in the Mystery of the Doomed daredevil is our Sunday comics for this week.  A rare comic book characterization of the famous detective.  Not many comics were made using Sherlock Holmes.  These are very few and far between and this comes from the golden age of comics.  So enjoy.  You can download a free copy from our SlideShare account.  You just need to log in with your Facebook account or LinkedIn account.  Hit the save button at the top of the container and your good to go.  PDF file format.
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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