The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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Since Doyle created the immortal Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr. Watson, no other mystery writer has come close to eclipsing him as the standard bearer in crime fiction. A brilliant London-based âconsulting detective,â Holmes is famous for his intellectual prowess and renowned for his skillful use of astute observation, deductive reasoning, and inference to solve difficult cases. This collection includes twelve of Holmesâ most famous cases: âA Scandal in Bohemia,â âThe Red-Headed League,â âA Case of Identity,â âThe Boscombe Valley Mystery,â âThe Five Orange Pips,â âThe Man with the Twisted Lip,â âThe Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,â âThe Adventure of the Speckled Band,â âThe Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb,â âThe Adventure of the Noble Bachelor,â âThe Adventure of the Beryl Coronet,â and âThe Adventure of the Copper Beeches.â
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859â1930) was born of Irish parentage in Scotland. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, but he also had a passion for storytelling. His first book introduced that prototype of the modern detective in fiction, Sherlock Holmes. Despite the immense popularity Holmes gained throughout the world, Doyle was not overly fond of the character and preferred to write other stories. Eventually popular demand won out and he continued to satisfy readers with the adventures of the legendary sleuth. He also wrote historical romances and made two essays into pseudoscientific fantasy: The Lost World and The Poison Belt.
Ralph Cosham, a narrator with dozens of fine performances of British classics including The Wind in the Willows and The Time Machine, also records as Geoffrey Howard, whose long audiography of titles includes works by C.S. Lewis. Ralph, as Cosham or Howard, has performed more than 100 audiobooks while keeping an active stage career in regional theater. Changing careers from British journalist to actor in the 1970s, Ralph has been recording for nearly 15 years.
