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  • Published: 11 June 2015
  • ISBN: 9781785291432
  • Imprint: BBC DL
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 2 hr 14 min
  • Narrator: Ian McKellen
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Sherlock Holmes: Valley of Fear

Book at Bedtime



Sir Ian McKellen reads The Valley of Fear, the last of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's four Sherlock Holmes novels.

The mystery begins with a coded warning of imminent danger, drawing the illustrious Sherlock Holmes and the faithful Dr. Watson to a secluded English country home. A trail of bewildering clues leads to sleuthing in the finest Holmesian tradition and the gripping backstory of a cult that terrorized a valley in the American West. First broadcast as Book at Bedtime on BBC Radio 4.

  • Published: 11 June 2015
  • ISBN: 9781785291432
  • Imprint: BBC DL
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 2 hr 14 min
  • Narrator: Ian McKellen
Categories:

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Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was born in Edinburgh where he qualified as a doctor, but it was his writing which brought him fame, with the creation of Sherlock Holmes, the first scientific detective. He was also a convert to spiritualism and a social reformer who used his investigative skills to prove the innocence of individuals.

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