It also names Michael Conan as his godfather.Īt the age of nine Conan Doyle was sent to the Roman Catholic Jesuit preparatory school, Hodder Place, Stonyhurst. His baptism record in the registry of St Mary's Cathedral in Edinburgh gives 'Arthur Ignatius Conan' as his Christian name, and simply 'Doyle' as his surname. They were married in 1855.Īlthough he is now referred to as "Conan Doyle", the origin of this compound surname (if that is how he meant it to be understood) is uncertain. His father, Charles Altamont Doyle, a talented illustrator, was born in England of Irish descent, and his mother, born Mary Foley, was Irish. Among them are The Adventure of the Norwood Builder, a tale of a reclusive old bachelor who suddenly vanishes, The Adventure of the Dancing Men, a delightful puzzle involving a mysterious message that contains a series of stick figures, The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist in which a lovely young governess is being stalked by a man on a bicycle, and many others.Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was born the third of ten siblings on in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of 13 stories. Though The Hound of the Baskervilles came out in 1902, it was set in a time before Holmes' “death.”
Finally, he gave in and The Return of Sherlock Holmes was greeted with huge delight. Letters to the editors of newspapers, a stream of mail to his publishers and himself, all demanding that Holmes be kept alive. However, in 1893, Conan Doyle did the unthinkable he finished off Holmes in the Reichenbach Falls in The Final Problem and thought he had done with the man for good. He takes my mind from better things.” His mother's famous reply, “You won't, you can't, you mustn't!” only echoed the voice of his readers. He wrote to his mother confessing that he was “thinking of slaying Holmes. In 1891, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was completely exasperated by the seemingly endless appetite of readers who welcomed each new Sherlock Holmes story with the greatest delight. The Return of Sherlock Holmes was published in 1905. Thus begins the first thrilling story, The Adventure of the Empty House, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, which was published after what Holmes enthusiasts call the Great Hiatus. It suddenly occurs to Watson that one of the books that he had helped the stranger pick up had seemed familiar. The man curses Watson vilely and disappears into the throng. Watson inadvertently jostles against an elderly, deformed man and knocks a stack of books from the fellow's hand.
A crowd has gathered there, curiously gazing up at the room where the crime is supposed to have taken place. Watson, who still mourns the disappearance of his famous friend is intrigued enough to step out of his house and take a look at the crime scene. A young gambler is found shot dead in a closed room.
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