His last bow / Arthur Conan Doyle.

New edition / edited by Trish Ferguson.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2025.

240 pages ; 20 cm.

Arthur Conan Doyle's 'His Last Bow' features a selection of Sherlock Holmes stories written at a time of growing tensions in Europe. First published as a collection in 1917, against the backdrop of the First World War, the volume covers tales that deviate from the pattern of earlier Sherlock adventures which focus on individual culpability and the comfort of a simplistic restoration of order. The titular story in this collection was influenced by Doyle's personal experience of the war, and in these tales the solutions to seemingly small-scale, local, mysteries uncover crimes concerning national security, or even expose the covert evil actions of organizations and powerful dictators.

9780198864349 (pbk)

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