Title: The quest for Sherlock Holmes
First published: 1983
Description: Using extensive new evidence in Edinburgh, Stonyhurst (where Arthur Conan Doyle went to school) and elsewhere, Owen Dudley Edwards shows how Conan Doyle's boyhood experiences shaped his literary attitudes and much of the genius of his writing.
Subjects: Scottish Authors, Sherlock Holmes (Fictitious character), Sherlock Holmes, Occultists, Private investigators in literature, Characters, Authors, Scottish, English Authors, Authors, English, Biography, Doyle, arthur conan, sir, 1859-1930, Holmes, sherlock (fictitious character), Authors, biography
Places: Great Britain
People: Arthur Conan Doyle Sir (1859-1930)
Time periods: 19th century