Sherlock Holmes and the Duke's Son
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · Jennifer Bassett
Nov 2007 · Oxford University Press · Narrated by Multiple Narrators
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Dr Huxtable has a school for boys in the north of England. When the Duke of Holdernesse decides to send his young son there, that is good news for the school. The Duke is a very important person, and Dr Huxtable is happy to have his son in the school. But two weeks later Dr Huxtable is the unhappiest man in England. Why? And why does he take the train down to London and go to Baker Street? Why does he need the help of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes? Because someone has kidnapped the Duke's son ...
About the author
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in May 1859 and was educated at a Jesuit school. He married in 1884 and went on to graduate as a doctor from Edinburgh University in 1885. His first novel, A Study in Scarlet, was published in 1881 and introduced Sherlock Holmes to the world. Arthur Conan Doyle soon became very popular and his stories about the great detective were serialized in the Strand Magazine. In 1902 he was knighted and also wrote The Hound of the Baskervilles. He died in July 1930.
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