{"product_id":"2940044602885","title":"The Best of The Strand Magazine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A monthly magazine costing sixpence but worth a shilling.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor 60 years The Strand Magazine showcased the best writers in England and America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe magazine did not just reflect the age, it shaped it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was a popular publication for the best in fiction, featuring works by some of the greatest authors of the 19th and 20th centuries, including Rudyard Kipling, Leo Tolstoy, Agatha Christie and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as European writers such as Victor Hugo and Lermontov.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConan Doyle was to prove one of the Strand’s most prolific authors -- his Sherlock Holmes stories propelled him to fame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut The Strand was not just Holmes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt published many brilliant stories and essays, some by authors that are still famous, others by writers waiting to be re-discovered by a new generation of readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The Best of The Strand' is a carefully edited selection of some of the finest work to appear in the magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first collection of includes 13 fiction and non-fiction pieces:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Story of the Strand\u003cbr\u003eThe Adventure of the Silver Blaze by Arthur Conan Doyle\u003cbr\u003eThe Queer Side of Life: The Story of the King’s Idea\u003cbr\u003eIllustrated Interviews: William Howard Russel\u003cbr\u003eA Night in an Opium Den\u003cbr\u003eAthletes of the Year: Their Performances and Methods of Training\u003cbr\u003e“Author! Author!” by E.W. Hornung\u003cbr\u003eCelebrities At Play\u003cbr\u003eThe Charge of the Light Brigade by Private James Lamb\u003cbr\u003eCrime and Criminals\u003cbr\u003eSome Curious Public School Customs\u003cbr\u003eStories from the Diary of a Doctor\u003cbr\u003eThe Lost Legion by Rudyard Kipling\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe aim, like that if the original magazine, is to inform and entertain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe collection is introduced by historian Andrew Roberts, explaining The Strand's significance and its enduring legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEndeavour Press is the UK's leading independent publisher of digital books.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Matthew Lynn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47122091999472,"sku":"2940044602885","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940044602885_p0.jpg?v=1763665887","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940044602885","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}