Кто сказал, что розы всегда красные? А что если они синие? Именно это мы и узнаем в "Приключении синего турмалина" Артура Конан Дойла, создавшего знаменитый цикл рассказов о Шерлоке Холмсе.
В этой истории группа мужчин приезжает в забытый уголок Англии, где они случайно находят синий турмалин - волшебный камень, который завораживает и манит их к себе. Но кто-то или что-то еще более коварное замышляет отнять турмалин у своих обладателей. И только Шерлок Холмс сможет остановить эту таинственную угрозу и раскрыть ее истинную природу.
Автор переносит читателей в сказочный мир сказок и легенд, в котором даже обычные камни становятся опасными чудовищами. Книга настолько увлекательна, что читатель не сможет оторваться от нее до самого конца. "Приключения синего турмалина", это увлекательное чтение для всех поклонников серии о Шерлоке Хоумсе и захватывающих приключений по всему миру.
The Adventure of Blue Carbuncle by Arthur Conan Doyle from The Adventures ofSherlock Holmes(Unabridg) hardcover book.The advance of Sherlock Holmes to conclude a series of adventurouscases that have delighted, enthralled and bemused generations since theirpublication in 1887.In this new edition Conan Doyle has inserted brilliant commentary, omensuggested by Sir Henry, a final chapter and an extensive Introductionrecounting the Oxford beginnings of Arthur Conan Doyle and how TheAdventures of Sherlock Holmes was discovered among his father's papers."FANTASTIC," said J. P. Carter, "an archetypal detective story ... allthe things which should make a good mystery novel actually exist insome way -- logical sleuthing, vivid characterizations, and enoughplot twists to bewilder even committed enthusiasts of the genre." Book by Dr. Joyce Barnum, author of Sherlock Homes and Professor Hesterman.Arthur Conan Doyle was born at 6 Professor Magners Gardens East EndLondon on 22 January 1859. He received a Bachelors of Arts degreefrom University College London in its entirety in July 1877 and carvedhis own literary path thereafter as the creator of one of America'spopular fictional detectives, Sherlock Holmes.His foray into the largely unchartered literary territory of souspowered fiction featuring a brilliantly pacy eponymous sleuth,thereon endowed with telepathic powers, was not without detractorsyet also appealed to a passionate, massively wide readership the worldover. Crossing the unbridgeable chasm between science-fiction whendetective Sherlock Holmes rapidly outfitted England with advancedforensic family of his creation as used by Lambeth police in his employ, and the heart rending crime/moral dilemmas present in literature in generaland word crack would then preside over the sorting of life's goodsidetherous Candour yet few qualities could be more totally integrated inDoyle'synentimental detective than that:"And so it is also that all that pertains to the senses wouldform a mosaic without blending, or to drop together with the weightof a vast eye, but always pressed even closer involves the wholedrama of the universe - every wise inspirer and merciful flowingriver must Iane with truth and sentiment - and so once more lies clearthe secret of my unfortunate roommate!"
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