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Motivated by greed and jealousy, the criminal in this classic Sherlock Holmes mystery The Adventure of the Priory School aims to kidnap a young lord—but causes a far greater tragedy.
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“Sherlock Holmes stories…are notonly the most famous and enduring contribution to detective fiction by anysingle writer but also probably the most imitated, parodied, and adaptedliterary works in the language…The detective has since become a staple of thefilm and television industries.”
— The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English
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“Edward Hardwicke reads British accents and brogue with enterprising style…His rendition of the stricken schoolmaster in Adventures of Priory School rings with clipped, academic tones…An excellent listen for Sherlock Holmes fans.”
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“[Sherlock Holmes] became the prototype for the modern mastermind detective. The character generated the most enduring tradition in detective fiction.”
— Merriam Webster’s Encyclopedia of Literature
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About Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) was a writer and physician most noted for his fictional stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, the first scientific detective, which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. Before becoming a writer, he attended the University of Edinburgh to train as a physician, and it was from his teacher, Joseph Bell, that he learned much of what would inspire Holmes’s skills of deduction. He also wrote science fiction stories, historical novels, plays, romances, poetry, and nonfiction. After his son Kingsley died in the first World War, he became a convert to spiritualism and a social reformer who used his investigative skills to prove the innocence of individuals.
About Edward Hardwicke
Edward Hardwicke (1932–2011) was an English actor who primarily played supporting roles on television, in films, and on stage, where he was classically trained. He is well known for the role of Dr. Watson in the Grenada television series The Return of Sherlock Holmes, The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes starring Jeremy Brett. Hardwicke also appeared in a number of films, such as Shadowlands alongside Anthony Hopkins, Elizabeth, and the all-star romantic comedy Love Actually.