Reader(s): Timson, David
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Classic Fiction
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: NA640712
Barcode: 9789626344071
Release Date: 06/2006

DOYLE, A.C.: Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes (His Last Bow) (Unabridged)

Further adventures by the master of observation and deduction as faithfully recounted by his companion and his greatest admirer, Dr Watson. ‘The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans’, ‘The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax’ and ‘The Adventure of the Dying Detective’ are among the stories.

Tracklist

Disc 1
Doyle, Arthur Conan - Author
Timson, David (Reader)
1Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes – The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge03:14
Timson, David (Reader)
2A measured step was heard on the stairs...04:04
Timson, David (Reader)
3Our client had sat up with staring eyes...04:16
Timson, David (Reader)
4‘One thing comes back to my memory...’03:52
Timson, David (Reader)
5‘I am sure of it, Mr. Scott Eccles...’03:08
Timson, David (Reader)
6‘As to Garcia,’ said Gregson....03:31
Timson, David (Reader)
7We sat for some time in silence...04:24
Timson, David (Reader)
8‘But how about the disappearance of the others?’03:49
Timson, David (Reader)
9Part 2: The Tiger of San Pedro04:17
Timson, David (Reader)
10The various bedrooms and sitting rooms...05:27
Timson, David (Reader)
11I waited, therefore – but to my ever deepening disappointment...05:36
Timson, David (Reader)
12‘Just sit down in that chair, Watson,’ said Sherlock Holmes...04:37
Timson, David (Reader)
13‘These two men, close and confidential friends...’02:47
Timson, David (Reader)
14‘Well now, Watson, let us judge the situation...’03:40
Timson, David (Reader)
15But it was not destined that our investigation...04:32
Timson, David (Reader)
16‘Yes sir, Don Murillo, the Tiger of San Pedro...’05:07
Timson, David (Reader)
17‘But everything went wrong with us’02:57
Timson, David (Reader)
18We had all listened intently to this remarkable statement.05:27
Timson, David (Reader)
Disc 2
Timson, David (Reader)
1The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans04:09
Timson, David (Reader)
2Holmes handed me his brother’s telegram04:03
Timson, David (Reader)
3‘The man’s name was Arthur Cadogan West.’03:08
Timson, David (Reader)
4A moment later the tall and portly form of Mycroft Holmes...04:33
Timson, David (Reader)
5‘I have jotted down the more essential ones...’03:10
Timson, David (Reader)
6‘We will suppose that he was travelling back...’03:40
Timson, David (Reader)
7An hour later, Holmes, Lestrade and I stood...04:03
Timson, David (Reader)
8His eager face still wore that expression...05:02
Timson, David (Reader)
9A small but well-kept house in the outskirts...04:45
Timson, David (Reader)
10Mr Sidney Johnson, the senior clerk, met us...03:54
Timson, David (Reader)
11He examined the lock of the safe, the door of the room...04:04
Timson, David (Reader)
12Surely enough a note awaited us at Baker Street03:02
Timson, David (Reader)
13‘Now it must be evident to you Watson...’04:41
Timson, David (Reader)
14Caulfield Gardens was one of those lines...03:44
Timson, David (Reader)
15At the end of an hour he was no further...03:50
Timson, David (Reader)
16One of the most remarkable characteristics of Sherlock Holmes...03:24
Timson, David (Reader)
17We had carried the prostrate body to the sofa04:27
Timson, David (Reader)
18There was silence in the room03:34
Timson, David (Reader)
Disc 3
Timson, David (Reader)
1The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot04:17
Timson, David (Reader)
2On the land side our surroundings were as sombre...03:52
Timson, David (Reader)
3I glared at the intrusive vicar with no very friendly eyes04:30
Timson, David (Reader)
4‘Tell me about last night.’04:49
Timson, David (Reader)
5Our proceedings of that first morning did little...04:48
Timson, David (Reader)
6It was not until long after we were back in Poldhu Cottage...04:32
Timson, David (Reader)
7I may have commented upon my friend’s power...05:25
Timson, David (Reader)
8Little did I think how soon the words of Holmes...04:56
Timson, David (Reader)
9It may be that the police resented the intrusion...04:27
Timson, David (Reader)
10‘Now, Watson, we will light our lamp...’03:18
Timson, David (Reader)
11‘Upon my word, Watson!’ said Holmes at last...03:33
Timson, David (Reader)
12I had heard the click of the garden gate...03:09
Timson, David (Reader)
13Sterndale mopped his forehead with his handkerchief02:53
Timson, David (Reader)
14Our visitor's face had turned ashen grey as he listened...03:16
Timson, David (Reader)
15‘I am about to tell you, Mr Holmes...’04:56
Timson, David (Reader)
16Holmes sat for some little time in silence02:54
Timson, David (Reader)
Disc 4
Timson, David (Reader)
1The Adventure of the Red Circle – Part 103:04
Timson, David (Reader)
2‘If I take it up I must understand every detail,’ said he02:35
Timson, David (Reader)
3‘Dear me, Watson,’ said Holmes...04:02
Timson, David (Reader)
4‘There are certainly some points of interest in this case....’03:53
Timson, David (Reader)
5So it proved; for in the morning I found my friend...03:36
Timson, David (Reader)
6At half-past twelve we found ourselves upon the steps...05:07
Timson, David (Reader)
7When we returned to Mrs. Warren’s rooms...04:45
Timson, David (Reader)
8Part 2: As we walked rapidly down...04:10
Timson, David (Reader)
9Our official detectives may blunder in the matter of intelligence...03:53
Timson, David (Reader)
10Then I heard a sudden sharp intake of her breath...03:13
Timson, David (Reader)
11Half an hour later we were seated...04:15
Timson, David (Reader)
12‘He told me, and my own heart grew cold as ice...’03:11
Timson, David (Reader)
13‘At the meeting it was arranged that he and his house...’04:39
Timson, David (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
14The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax04:13
Timson, David (Reader)
15I was relieved at this sudden descent from the general...03:22
Timson, David (Reader)
16Two days later found me at the Hotel National at Lausanne...03:18
Timson, David (Reader)
17At Baden the track was not difficult to follow04:46
Timson, David (Reader)
18So far she had got in her narrative, when suddenly...03:03
Timson, David (Reader)
19A card had come up on a salver...03:38
Timson, David (Reader)
Disc 5
1A telegram was awaiting...03:50
Timson, David (Reader)
2Three times had our bearded friend from the Langham...05:08
Timson, David (Reader)
3‘Let us try to reconstruct the situation,’ said he...03:20
Timson, David (Reader)
4He had rung loudly at the door of a great dark house...04:01
Timson, David (Reader)
5With a quick movement Holmes pushed the fellow to one side...03:08
Timson, David (Reader)
6A minute later we were in the street once more03:10
Timson, David (Reader)
7Five minutes had not passed...03:29
Timson, David (Reader)
8‘Should you care to add the case to your annals..’03:21
Timson, David (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
9The Adventure of the Dying Detective03:34
Timson, David (Reader)
10He was indeed a deplorable spectacle03:55
Timson, David (Reader)
11I was bitterly hurt03:46
Timson, David (Reader)
12But it was destined to be resumed long before that hour...03:50
Timson, David (Reader)
13To tell the truth, my desire to fetch a doctor...05:27
Timson, David (Reader)
14Lower Burke Street proved to be a line of fine houses...03:05
Timson, David (Reader)
15The man motioned me to a chair...03:04
Timson, David (Reader)
Disc 6
1It was with a sinking heart...02:53
Timson, David (Reader)
2‘Holmes!’ he cried04:06
Timson, David (Reader)
3‘Yes, I will help you.’03:50
Timson, David (Reader)
4There were footfalls outside, the door opened...05:08
Timson, David (Reader)
Timson, David (Reader)
5His Last Bow – The War Years of Sherlock Holmes04:07
Timson, David (Reader)
6‘As an example I may quote one of my own worst blunders...’05:47
Timson, David (Reader)
7He sat in the armchair with the light shining...04:59
Timson, David (Reader)
8They had strolled out on to the terrace again...03:03
Timson, David (Reader)
9He was just in time to see the lights of a small car...04:21
Timson, David (Reader)
10‘What do you mean?’ Von Bork asked sharply02:44
Timson, David (Reader)
11Von Bork had mastered his anger03:13
Timson, David (Reader)
12‘Another glass Watson?’ said Mr. Sherlock Holmes...04:15
Timson, David (Reader)
13‘But you have retired Holmes.’03:07
Timson, David (Reader)
14The prisoner had raised himself with some difficulty...03:36
Timson, David (Reader)
15It was no easy task to move Von Bork...04:51
Timson, David (Reader)

Total Playing Time: 06:40:24