The Adventure of the Dancing Men - The Return of Sherlock Holmes Re-Imagined - Softcover

Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1787051331 ISBN 13: 9781787051331

Publisher: MX Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

SHERLOCK HOLMES RE-IMAGINED: In this book series, the original stories penned by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring Sherlock Holmes and his devoted friend and biographer Dr John H. Watson have been amusingly illustrated using only LEGO(R) brand minifigures and bricks. The illustrations recreate, through custom designed LEGO models, the composition of the black and white drawings by Sidney Paget that accompanied the original publication of these adventures appearing in The Strand Magazine. Paget's iconic illustrations are largely responsible for the popular image of Sherlock Holmes, including his deerstalker cap and Inverness cape, details never mentioned in the writings of Conan Doyle.

This uniquely illustrated collection, which to date includes this volume and the twelve short stories comprising The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, is sure to delight LEGO enthusiasts, as well as fans of the Great Detective, children and adults alike.

THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN: Mr. Hilton Cubitt of Norfolk seeks the help of Sherlock Holmes in deciphering strange coded messages, consisting of little dancing figures, which have unsettled his peaceful marriage. A short time later, Cubitt is found dead and his wife Elsie suffering a grave bullet wound to the head. Inspector Martin thinks it is a case of murder and attempted suicide, but using information garnered from the coded messages, Holmes sets a trap for the true culprit.

LEGO(R) is a trademark of the LEGO Group of Companies. The LEGO Group has not been involved in nor has it in any other way licensed or authorized the publication of this book.

Following in the footsteps of Sherlock Holmes, can you decode the encrypted text on the front and back covers of this book using the cipher from the story?

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Review

Praise for the Sherlock Holmes Re-Imagined Series: “The new editions of tales from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes illustrated by P James Macaluso Jr are certainly eccentric. They’re also exceptionally clever, beautifully presented, rather witty, and bang up to date. The illustrations are full-colour photographs of creations in Lego, each one a scene depicted by Sidney Paget in The Strand Magazine. Ideal presents for the young Holmesian in your life, I’d say.” The Sherlock Holmes Society of London.

Edition details

• Publisher: MX Publishing
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1787051331
• ISBN 13: 9781787051331
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Macaluso James
• Number of pages: 36