The Valley Of Fear – Arthur Conan Doyle (With Notes)(Biography)(Illustrated) (English Edition)

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. Unlike many of the other Holmes novel which are mostly linear entertainments, Doyle crafted The Valley of Fear " two parts and a coda and carefully stage managed the elements of fear and terror." The novel has a number of major themes, including "problems of "ethical ambiguity" and attempted to comment seriously on terrorist activity.