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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100385152574
ISBN-139780385152570
eBay Product ID (ePID)4423124
Product Key Features
Book TitleDr. Jekyll and Mr. Holmes
TopicMystery & Detective / General
Publication Year1979
Number of Pages214 Pages
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction
AuthorJohn H. Watson, Loren D. Estleman
FormatHardcover
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN78-022811
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal813/.54
SynopsisAccompanied by Dr. Watson, master sleuth Sherlock Holmes has already encountered the evil young hedonist Edward Hyde, and knew he was strangely connected with Henry Jekyll, the wealthy, respectable London doctor. It was not until the Queen herself requested it, however, that Holmes was officially on the case of the savage murder of Sir Danvers Carew -- the blackest mystery of his career! Although Robert Louis Stevenson published his tale of Jekyll and Hyde as fiction, the hideous facts were true, insofar as Stevenson knew them. Here, then, is the entire firsthand account of that devilish crime as recorded by Dr. Watson, with an explanation of why Holmes's personal involvement had to be kept secret -- until now....