Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird

About the Author

Physician, medical researcher, and man of letters, John Hamish Watson was the most painstaking and diligent biographer to grace the printed page. Born of an English father and Scottish mother in 1852, he spent his boyhood in Australia, returning to England to take his degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1878. Following a tour of Army duty in India, he was invalided back to England. There, because of the famous chance meeting with young Stamford at the Criterion Bar, he came in contact with that man who was to become his intimate friend and companion. The rest is history.

This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE GOLDEN BIRD

Copyright © 1979 by Frank Thomas

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First printing, September 1979 ISBN: 0-523-40616-9 Cover illustration by David Mann

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