The Sign of Four Paperback / softback
by Arthur Conan Doyle
Edited by Shafquat Towheed
Part of the Broadview Editions series
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Arthur Conan Doyle’s second Sherlock Holmes novel is both a detective story and an imperial romance.
Ostensibly the story of Mary Morstan, a beautiful young woman enlisting the help of Holmes to find her vanished father and solve the mystery of her receipt of a perfect pearl on the same date each year, it gradually uncovers a tale of treachery and human greed.
The action audaciously ranges from penal settlements on the Andaman Islands to the suburban comfort of South London, and from the opium-fuelled violence of Agra Fort during the Indian ‘Mutiny’ to the cocaine-induced contemplation of Holmes’ own Baker Street.This Broadview Edition places Doyle’s tale in the cultural, political, and social contexts of late nineteenth-century colonialism and imperialism.
The appendices provide a wealth of relevant extracts from hard-to-find sources, including official reports, memoirs, newspaper editorials, and anthropological studies.
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- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:Broadview Press Ltd
- Publication Date:30/07/2010
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- ISBN:9781551118376
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In Stock - Less than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:Broadview Press Ltd
- Publication Date:30/07/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9781551118376
