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His last bow: Some later reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes

By Arthur Conan Doyle

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Cover: Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls (1893), illustration by Sidney Paget (1860-1908) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1908)

"His Last Bow. The War Service of Sherlock Holmes", later titled "His Last Bow: An Epilogue of Sherlock Holmes", is one of 56 short stories about Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was first published in September 1917 in The Strand Magazine and collected as the last of an anthology of eight stories titled His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes the following month. The narration is in the third person, instead of the first person narration usually provided by the character of Dr. Watson, and it is a spy story, rather than a detective mystery.

Summary source: Wikipedia: His Last Bow (short story) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Table of contents

  1. 1: The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge
  2. 2: The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans
  3. 3: The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot
  4. 4: The Adventure of the Red Circle
  5. 5: The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
  6. 6: The Adventure of the Dying Detective
  7. 7: His Last Bow: The War Service of Sherlock Holmes