Series: Arcturus Decorative Classics

This large deluxe hardback edition offers a selection of Arthur Conan Doyle's best Sherlock Holmes cases, featuring striking gold embossing and stencilled page edges. Selected and introduced by award-winning crime writer Martin Edwards, these 8 stories offer a marvellous blend of intriguing scenarios, dazzling detective work and vivid characterization. These stories are accompanied by Sidney Paget's original Victorian illustrations, retaining...

Jane Austen's witty, beloved classic on misguided matchmaking is beautifully presented in a deluxe hardback edition with printed page-edges. Albeit that she is not yet 21, Emma Woodhouse foresees a future as a spinster dabbling in matchmaking. Charming and infuriating, she almost ruins the marriage prospects of Harriet Smith, her protégée, after misguidedly attempting to match Harriet with the local...

Anne Elliot is persuaded to reject the love of her life, Captain Wentworth, when her good friend Lady Russell hints that there is a better match to be found. Now eight years later, Anne's family has been forced to retrench and move to Bath. But while visiting her married sister, Anne meets Captain Wentworth again, who is now a wealthy...