The life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

About “The life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle”

This biography by John Dickson Carr draws on extensive archival materials from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, including notebooks, diaries, press clippings, and correspondence, to portray Doyle's life from his school days at Stonyhurst through his time at Edinburgh University and medical practice at Southsea. It covers Doyle's literary ambitions, his involvement in politics and spiritualism, his relationships with figures such as H. G. Wells and King Edward VII, and his public activities, including propaganda and literary output, which contributed to his celebrity and eventual knighthood.