And this new release delivers more than any that I've ever had my hands on. There's something special, perhaps even more so in this day and age, about holding a quality version of one of your favourite books and simply immersing yourself in it. This collection of nine hardback books is just utterly beautiful to behold. No matter how many times I've read the canon, it still fascinates me to this day and demonstrates what a truly remarkable character Conan Doyle created, despite his somewhat hit and miss results outside of the Holmes stories. And so it was with huge interest that I heard about a new collection of the complete works, released by Baker Street Press.
The concept of any amateur detective these days being 'Sherlockian', the famous deerstalker, violin, pipe and casual drug use, and oft-misquoted lines and 'catchphrases' are among the many legacies that show how much Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous creation will forever be ingrained in the psyche of the nation.
He died in 1930.There are few characters from the Victorian era that can possibly have the same resonance today than a certain Sherlock Holmes who, along with his able assistant Dr Watson, and an assorted cast of inept policemen and nefarious villains still regularly seeps into modern life and parlance. After his son died in World War I, Conan Doyle became a dedicated spiritualist. In addition to dozens of Sherlock Holmes stories and several novels, Conan Doyle wrote history, pursued whaling, and engaged in many adventures and athletic endeavors. In 1902, Conan Doyle was knighted for his work with a field hospital in South Africa. Later collections include The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1894), The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1905), and The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (1827). Starting in 1891, a series of Holmes stories appeared in The Strand magazine, and Conan Doyle was able to give up his medical practice and devote himself to writing. His first Sherlock Holmes story, “A Study in Scarlet,” was published in Beeton’s Christmas Annual in 1887. Bell partly inspired Doyle’s character Sherlock Holmes years later.Īfter medical school, Conan Doyle moved to London, where his slow medical practice left him ample free time to write. Joseph Bell, a teacher with extraordinary deductive power. The book was the first collection of Holmes stories, which Conan Doyle had been publishing in magazines since 1887.Ĭonan Doyle was born in Scotland and studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, where he met Dr. On October 14, 1892, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle, is published.
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