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His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes (World's Classics) (Paperback)

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Author), Owen Dudley Edwards (Editor) "I find it recorded in my notebook that it was a bleak and windy day towards the end of March in the year 1892 ..." (more)

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Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks; New edition edition (3 Nov 1994)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0192823817
ISBN-13: 978-0192823816
Product Dimensions: 18.6 x 11.6 x 1.3 cm

Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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The title story of this collection tells how Sherlock Holmes is brought out of retirement to help the Government fight the German threat at the approach of World War I. The Prime Minister himself requests Holmes's services to hunt down the remarkable German agent, Von Bork. Several of the detective's earlier cases complete the volume, including "Wisteria Lodge", "The Bruch-Parrington Plans", and "The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax". In the "Dying Detective", Dr Watson is horrified to discover Holmes at death's door from a mysterious tropical disease as his friend lays a trap for a murderer.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Mild mystery, never fascinating, 20 Jun 2008

By	Shawn Watson "God of Gods" (Badger's Brook, Scotland) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes (Paperback)

The last of Conan Doyle's Holmes stories go out on a whimper I'm afraid to say with very little atmosphere, defining moments or spellbinding mystery. It's safe to say that Sir Arthur was bored of the character by this point and grudged bringing him back from the dead after his tussle with Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls.

I know I am repeating myself, I mentioned this in a review for a previous book but it's clear Conan Doyle was running out of ideas. With only eight stories making up this book (a couple of them less than 20 pages) he still ends up being quite repetitive and pretty much condenses his Holmes novel 'Valley of Fear' into a short story called 'The Red Circle'.

The final story has a bittersweet, if unremarkable, ending and has very little story or point to it. Many writers have kept Holmes alive over the years with various books, radio plays and films and have done so with more affection than Conan Doyle. He created one of the most popular characters in history but thought so little of him.

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4.0 out of 5 stars His Last Bow, 28 Jul 2002

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This review is from: His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes (Penguin Popular Classics) (Paperback)

I really like the stories in this book. I have read that some people feel that the stories in this book, along with the other latter Holmes stories are not very good, but I strongly disagree with this. I confess that the first time I read the canon, I was greatly disappointed with these stories along with the ones in "The Casebook of SH". But after reading them again, I realized that most of the stories themselves are very good. The only thing missing from them is that they don't add very much to Holmes character. Although some readers might find it annoying that Doyle left so much mystery about Holmes, I feel strongly that that is the very reason why Holmes has remained well-known and popular for more than a century.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Child's play of deduction...., 19 April 2001

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This review is from: His Last Bow: The Dying Detective/The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax/The Devil's Foot/His Last Bow. Four Classic Stories with Clive Merrison & ... Heard on Radio 4 Vol 2 (BBC Radio Collection) (Audio Cassette)

These four stories are vintage Holmes. Watson, as ever plays the loyal side-kick while Holmes battles with the forces of evil with logic as his sword and resolve as his shield.

Of the four stories narrated, the Dying Detective was in my opinion the best. A story which crossed continents and dealt with tropical poisons. Very Good. Being a Sherlock Holmes fan they were all enjoyable but this one I felt epitimised Holmes' sly and cunning and it wasn't maybe as transparent as these stories tend to be sometimes.

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