Fiction    From 1890 

The Sign of Four

Categories: Literature

The second of the Sherlock Holmes novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Originally called the Sign of The Four, it has a complex plot involving the East India Company, the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and a secret pact among four convicts. It was the first time Holmes' drug habit was revealed.

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The Sign of Four

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The Langham Hotel

The plaque was unveiled by the writer and former MP Gyles Brandreth.

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Sir Edmund Gosse

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Edgar Allan Poe

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Mrs. Eliz. Doughty

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Sir Thomas Wyatt

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