When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Graham Moore ARTHUR AND SHERLOCK Conan Doyle and the Creation of Holmes By Michael Sims ...

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and ...

Today, nearly seventy years after his death, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is universally associated with his most popular literary creation, Sherlock Holmes. In fact, the hyper-rational detective is such an ...

Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle led a life more bizarre than any of his fiction. So bizarre, in fact, that certain aspects of it were concealed from his millions of admirers, not least by the author ...

On Sept. 7, 1919, the 60-year-old Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, doctor, lecturer, seafarer, sportsman, indefatigable social campaigner—and globally renowned author of the Sherlock Holmes tales—shared the ...

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, pictured here in 1923, enjoyed using the methods of Sherlock Holmes on real cases. Corbis Today, marks the birth of one of the world's most renowned authors, Sir Arthur Conan ...

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as a British writer and physician. He was the brilliant mind behind the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle birth anniversary is celebrated on May 22 ...

‘The Hope among loose ice, March 16th, 1880. Image: Conan Doyle Estate Ltd Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is best known for his novels about a certain Mr. Holmes, who keeps popping up in movies and TV shows.

In Conan Doyle for the Defense: The True Story of a Sensational British Murder, a Quest for Justice, and the World’s Most Famous Detective Writer (Random House, June), Fox revisits the real-life ...

“Killed Holmes,” reads a complacent entry in Arthur Conan Doyle’s journal for 1893. He had written “The Final Problem,” the story in which Sherlock Holmes takes a fatal plunge while grappling with the ...

So who doesn’t love a good crime novel? Sir Arthur Conan Doyle—Montblanc’s focus for this year’s Writers Edition—was a pioneer in the genre, perhaps best known for his creation of the well-loved ...