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His Last Bow is a 1917 collection of Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, bringing together cases narrated largely by Dr. John Watson. The volume's title story differs from the conventional private-detective cases by placing Holmes in British intelligence work on the eve of the First World War in August 1914. It depicts an older Holmes emerging from retirement to expose a German agent and secure sensitive military information for Britain.
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Is His Last Bow a novel or a short-story collection?
His Last Bow is a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories published in book form in 1917. Depending on the edition, it contains seven or eight stories because The Adventure of the Cardboard Box has had a complicated publication history.
Why is the title story different from a normal Sherlock Holmes mystery?
His Last Bow is a spy story set on the eve of the First World War rather than a conventional murder investigation. Holmes comes out of retirement to deceive the German agent Von Bork and recover British intelligence.
Which famous cases appear in His Last Bow?
The collection includes The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans, The Dying Detective, and The Devil's Foot. Most are narrated by Dr. Watson, while the title story uses third-person narration.
Is His Last Bow the final Sherlock Holmes book?
No, Arthur Conan Doyle later published The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. The title story is nevertheless set very late in Holmes's life and depicts him as a retired beekeeper returning for wartime service.
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