{"product_id":"2000003454709","title":"A Study in Scarlet: Sherlock Holmes Series, Book 1","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Study in Scarlet is the novel that introduced Arthur Conan Doyle's eccentric detective Sherlock Holmes, as well as his faithful associate, Dr. Watson, to the literary world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSir Arthur Conan Doyle, a Scottish writer whose works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays, romances, poetry, and nonfiction, is best known as the creator of the detective Sherlock Holmes. While Holmes was the embodiment of scientific thinking, Doyle himself did not exhibit the same rationality, believing in fairies and occultism. His Sherlock Holmes stories have been translated into more than fifty languages and have been made into plays, films, radio and television series, cartoons, and comic books. By 1920, Doyle was one of the most highly paid writers in the world. Other works by Doyle include The Lost World, the first book in the Professor Challenger series; The White Company, one of his many historical novels; and The Great Boer War.Doyle was born at Picardy Place, near Edinburgh, in 1859. He was educated in Jesuit schools and studied at Edinburgh University. In 1884, he married Louise Hawkins. Doyle qualified as a doctor in 1885 and practiced medicine as an eye specialist in Hampshire until 1891, when he became a full-time writer. Doyle's first Sherlock Holmes story, A Study in Scarlet, was published in 1887 and introduced the detective's faithful associate, Dr. Watson.During the Boer war in South Africa (1899–1902), Doyle served several months as the senior physician at a field hospital. There he wrote The War in South Africa, in which he expressed the imperial view. He twice ran unsuccessfully for Parliament but nevertheless was knighted in 1902. In 1907, fourteen months after his wife died, Doyle married Jean Leckie. After his son Kingsley died in the first World War, Doyle dedicated himself to spiritualistic studies at his home in Windlesham, Sussex. He died himself in 1930. For thirty years, Derek Partridge has used his distinguished appearance and distinctive British accent to provide credibility and quality to upscale products, services, and programs. He spent ten years as a news anchor, writer, and interviewer at the Financial News Network (now CNBC) and has served as host of Non Profit TV News.Derek started with RTV and RBC radio in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), where he became the nation's head TV news anchor, host of top-rated talk show Frankly Partridge, and presenter of Message to the Nation TV specials. In Miami, he hosted two two-hour radio talk shows and anchored the six o'clock evening news hour for ABC affiliate WKAT. He was later a news anchor for London's Sky TV.As a freelancer, Derek has presented many programs and videos on various topics in the areas of health, the environment, medicine, finance, commerce, law, art, travel, religion, training, safety, sport, and celebrities. He is the national spokesman for the Balboa Pacific Corporation, a company whose technology converts toxic and hazardous wastes into reusable materials by pyrolitic gasification, and he is also the national spokesman for Madison United Health Care, whose system is set to revolutionize the health care industry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Naxos Audiobooks Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47093119549680,"sku":"2000003454709","price":28.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2000003454709_p0.jpg?v=1763537267","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2000003454709","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}