ISBN: 9781849903660    Publisher: Random House Year of publishing: 2011     Format:  Paperback No of Pages: 224        Language: English

The hit BBC series 'Sherlock' offers a fresh, contemporary take on the classic Arthur Conan Doyle stories, and has helped introduce a whole new generation of fans to the legendary detective. The debut episode took as its inspiration the very first Sherlock Holmes novel, 'A Study in Scarlet' - and this new edition of Conan Doyle's novel will allow 'Sherlock' fans to discover, or re-discover, the power of that classic story. 'A Study in Scarlet' is the genre-defining work with which popularcrime fiction was born. A potent mix of serial murder, suspense, crypticclues, red herrings and revenge, the novel introduces us to theworld-famous characters of Sherlock Holmes, Dr Watson and InspectorLestrade and sees Sherlock and Dr Watson meet and join forces for thefirst time as they track a mysterious killer that stalks London'sstreets.In addition to the original text, this edition also has an introduction by 'Sherlock' co-creator Steven Moffat, who explains how it inspired the 'Sherlock' script.''
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born on 22 May 1859 in Edinburgh. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and began to write stories while he was a student.Over his life he produced more than thirty books, 150 short stories, poems, plays and essays across a wide range of genres.His most famous creation is the detective Sherlock Holmes, who he introduced in his first novel A' Study in Scarlet' (1887). This was followed in 1889 by an historical novel, Micah Clarke. In 1893 Conan Doyle published 'The Final Problem' in which he killed off his famous detective so that he could turn his attention more towards historical fiction. However Holmes was so popular that Conan Doyle eventually relented and published 'The Hound of the Baskervilles' in 1901. The events of the The 'Hound of the Baskervilles' are set before those of 'The Final Problem' but in 1903 new Sherlock Holmes stories began to appear that revealed that the detective had not died after all. He was finally retired in 1927. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle died on 7 July 1930.
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