The Valley of Fear is the fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is loosely based on the Molly Maguires and Pinkerton agent James McParland. The story was first published in the Strand Magazine between September 1914 and May 1915. The first book edition was copyrighted in 1914, and it was first published by George H. Doran Company in New York on 27 February 1915, and illustrated by Arthur I. Keller
Who is Antony Ferrara?
Get ready for a great read. Sax Rohmer makes the unnatural and supernatural too natural. As we try to discover who Antony Ferrara is before his unique talents dispatch us. The Book is like a Hollywood Cliffhanger. Just as soon as we have Antony boxed in literally and figuratively, he escapes to create more havoc. Fantastical, magical beings and evils appear everywhere. However, are they imagination or a form of hypnosis? No, they are real, and if you look up the books and other materials in this story, you will realize that Sax Rohmer is writing about places he has been and books he has read, not fantasies. He writes so well that you feel that you are there, or at least watching a movie. Speaking of movies, how did this one get away?
The story ends too soon and very abruptly.
Further reading:
Collectanea Hermetica by W. Wynn Westcott
Practical Psychomancy and Crystal Gazing by William Walker Atkinson
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