"The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier" is one of 12 Sherlock Holmes short stories by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle included in The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in the US i
1926 illustration by Howard K. Elcock
Canon of Sherlock Holmes
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Traditionally, the canon of Sherlock Holmes consists of the 56 short stories and four novels written by the British writer and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In this context, the term "canon" is an
The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier
…was first published in the US in Liberty in October 1926, and in the UK in The Strand Magazine in November 1926, and is one of 56 short stories in the canon of Sherlock Holmes. This story is one of only three narrated by Holmes rather than Doctor Watson, the others being "The Adventure of the Lion's Mane" and "The Adventure…
Sherlock Holmes and his biographer Dr John Watson, as depicted in a Sidney Paget drawing in "The Adventure of the Empty House"
First edition cover of The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, published 1894.
Promotional poster for Sherlock Holmes: A Drama in Four Acts, first performed in 1899.
Cover of The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes, published 1954.