Presents an annotated collection of the private letters of Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, that reveal his personal thoughts and reflections over a fifty-year period of time.
Content Note
The schoolboy (1867-1876) -- The medical student (1876-1882) -- The struggling doctor (1882-1884) -- Cracking the oyster (1884-1890) -- "Author of Sherlock Holmes" (1891-1893) -- Putting Holmes behind him (1894-1896) -- Country life (1896-1898) -- War in South Africa (1899-1900) -- Politics and honours (1900-1902) -- The final Hindhead years (1903-1907) -- Windlesham to the outbreak of war (1907-1914) -- The World War (1914-1918) -- His last crusade (1918-1920) -- Epilogue : Conan Doyle's final decade.