The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb (Sherlock Holmes Chronicles #76)

Arthur Conan Doyle, P. James Macaluso Jr.


Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars
3.63 · 16 ratings · 26 pages · Published: 1892

The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb by Arthur Conan Doyle, P. James Macaluso Jr.
Sherlock Holmes, the world's "only unofficial consulting detective," was first introduced to readers in A Study in Scarlet published by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1887. It was with the publication of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, however, that the master sleuth grew tremendously in popularity, later to become one of the most beloved literary characters of all time. In this book series, the short stories comprising The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 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 from July 1891 to June 1892. 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 ...

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