William Roughead wasn’t the kind of writer who liked to indulge in outrage. The Glasgow lawyer, who began attending murder trials in 1889 at the age of 19—for curiosity’s sake until it became his ...

ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE was born in Edinburgh in 1859, the fourth of 10 siblings. His parents were Irish Catholics of distinguished, but by no means affluent, ancestry that was endowed with considerable ...

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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 ...

Holmes and Watson have had years of adventures together, but the first time they ever appeared in print was in a story Arthur Conan Doyle set in Utah. Strand magazine 1892, now in public domain In ...

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 ...

A collector’s passion for Holmes and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is on display in “Sherlock Holmes in 221 Objects.” But can he solve the case of the pirate signature? By James Barron This has the makings ...

Why did Arthur Conan Doyle come to hate his most famous creation, Sherlock Holmes? World famous detective Sherlock Holmes brought Arthur Conan Doyle fame and fortune. So why did he choose to kill the ...

Join us for a special episode of World Book Club as we journey into the fog-shrouded moors of Devon to explore The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle—arguably the most iconic and enduring ...