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1. Arthur Conan Doyle grew up in poverty. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1859, Conan Doyle was the second of seven surviving children. His father, the artist Charles Doyle, struggled with...
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Did you know that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle thought Harry Houdini had real supernatural powers? Or that he felt that writing about Sherlock Holmes was holding him back from other more meaningful work? What made him seek a career in medicine?
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was a Scottish author and physician renowned for creating Sherlock Holmes. Born in Edinburgh, he initially pursued a medic...
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Audio Biography Born in 1859, Arthur Conan Doyle is the author most famous for creating the detective Sherlock Holmes and is renowned as the world's greatest crime fiction writer.
- Sherlock Holmes was based on Conan Doyle’s professor. Between 1876 and 1881, Arthur Conan Doyle studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh Medical School.
- Conan Doyle served as a doctor on a whaling ship. In 1880, Arthur Conan Doyle was the doctor on the whaling ship Hope, which specialised in catching whales near Greenland.
- Success made Conan Doyle ambivalent towards Holmes. Having originally struggled to find a publisher for A Study in Scarlet, his first work featuring Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, Conan Doyle became ambivalent about the character’s success.
- Conan Doyle was knighted. Conan Doyle was knighted by King Edward VII in 1902. He suspected it was for his non-fiction works The Great Boer War (1900) and The War in South Africa: Its Cause and Conduct.
This fascinating audiobook contains more than 100 facts about Conan Doyle, with each chapter focusing on a different part of the author’s life and work. So whether you are the world’s biggest Sherlock Holmes fan or you simply want to know more about a truly fascinating character, this is the perfect audiobook for you.
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Did you know that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle thought Harry Houdini had real supernatural powers? Or that he felt that writing about Sherlock Holmes was holding him back from other more meaningful work? What made him seek a career in medicine?
