His Last Bow
Nitcentral's Bulletin Brash Reflections: Sherlock Holmes: His Last Bow: The Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes: His Last Bow
PLOT SUMMARY: The last recorded exploit of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson tells how they trapped a German spy during World War I.
By Zorro on Friday, December 31, 1999 - 7:42 am:

Is it just me or is this a bad story to finish with? I thought it was quite poor compared to Conan-Doyle`s other stories.

By Todd Pence on Friday, December 31, 1999 - 10:35 am:

Well, it's only last in the internal chronology of the stories - the twelve casebook stories all appeared after this. "Shoscombe Old Place" was the last story by Doyle to appear in print.

By Zorro on Monday, January 03, 2000 - 12:28 pm:

Yes, I know, but this is still the final story in terms of the narrative, which is what I meant.

By Jennifer on Thursday, January 06, 2000 - 5:33 pm:

From what I understand, this story was written to bolster morale and such during WWI. That's why it's so much different than the typical Holmes tale. I must say I like...the last one or two pages. The rest I could do without.

By Zorro on Saturday, January 08, 2000 - 10:10 am:

I have to agree. I like the last scenes between Holmes and Watson but the rest was pretty dire.

By KevinS on Saturday, April 28, 2001 - 4:35 am:

I liked this story, but I'm also glad there weren't any more like this. It was good to see Holmes and Watson in a different context.

By Jesse on Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 10:15 pm:

It was good to see Holmes and Watson in a different context.

I agree. I enjoyed seeing them have a role in history.

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