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His Last Bow
- 236 pages · about 4 hours
- First published 1917
- 583 editions
- Free to read
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1 About this book
His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes is a 1917 collection of previously published Sherlock Holmes stories by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle, including the titular short story, "His Last Bow. The War Service of Sherlock Holmes" (1917). The collection's first US edition adjusts the anthology's subtitle to Some Later Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes.
All editions contain a brief preface, by "John H. Watson, M.D.", that assures readers that as of the date of publication, Holmes is long retired from his profession of detective but is still alive and well, albeit suffering from a touch of rheumatism.
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Good for readers who want: a mystery, historical fiction, and a book they can read free online.
- Mystery
- Historical fiction
- Classics
- Private investigators
- Mystery & detective, traditional
- Crime
- Detectives
- John H. Watson
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