His Last Bow

About “His Last Bow”

"His Last Bow. The War Service of Sherlock Holmes" is one of 56 short stories featuring Sherlock Holmes, written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was first published in September 1917 in The Strand Magazine and later collected in an anthology titled His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes in October 1917. Unlike most Holmes stories, this one is narrated in the third person rather than by Dr. Watson. It is a spy story set on the eve of war, involving British and German spies. Published during the First World War, the story includes patriotic themes and has been seen as a potential tool for boosting British morale. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)