Sherlock Holmes
Happy Birthday, Mr. Doyle: 7 Facts You Might Not Know About the Creator of Sherlock Holmes
May 22 marks the birth anniversary of perhaps the greatest crime fiction writers of all time. Or well, definitely the creator of the most famous detective in literature. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the man who created Sherlock Holmes was born on this day in 1859.
Sherlock, By Others
Arthur Conan Doyle created perhaps the most famous detective in literary history when he introduced the world to Sherlock Holmes in A Study in Scarlet. But it has been a while since Doyle passed away (1930), so the mantle of carrying the Holmes legacy forward has fallen – sometimes officially and sometimes not – to other writers.
The White Company: Conan Doyle’s Best…and it is NOT Sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s favourite book, according to many, was The White Company.