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Sherlock Holmes Film Festival Page


“When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains,
however improbable, must be the truth.” — Sherlock Holmes

“I play the game for the game's own sake.” — Sherlock Holmes



     B I O

     t e x t

     h e r e

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle entry at Wikipedia
Sherlock Holmes entry at Wikipedia



Sherlock Holmes Links

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle entry at Wikipedia
Arthur Conan Doyle listings at Internet Movie Database

Sherlock Holmes entry at Wikipedia
Sherlock Holmes character credits at Internet Movie Database
Sherlock Holmes Society of London [est.1951]
Sherlock Holmes Intl. Society []
Sherlock Holmes Museum at 221B Baker Street in London
Sherlock Holmes Collection at the City of Westminster Library [U.K.]
Sherlockian Who's Who website
ST's Sherlock Holmes stamps fanpage
The Singular Society of The Baker Street Dozen [est. 1987]

Sherlock Holmes Film Festival Page


                      

Sherlock Holmes Fiction

browse Arthur Conan Doyle books {400+ items} at Amazon

Arthur Conan Doyle catalog {700+ items} at Amazon.com

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes facsimile edition  "The Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes" [1891-1905]
by Arthur Conan Doyle, 35 illustrations by Sidney Edward Paget

Castle 9¾x7¼ hardcover [1/80] for $9.99
37 short stories and a novel reproduced in facsimile from The Strand Magazine, 1891-1904; all were published previously as "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" [1892], "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" [1894], and "The Return of Sherlock Holmes"
[1905]; plus the complete novel "The Hound of The Baskervilles" [1901-02]
Complete Adventures & Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes   "The Complete Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" [2001]
by Arthur Conan Doyle

A facsimile edition of the first 24 Sherlock Holmes stories from London's The Strand Magazine, written between 1891 & 1893, with black and white illustrations by Sidney Paget & others
Gramercy 9½x6½ hardcover [7/2001] for $9.99
Kindle Edition from MobileReference [1/2008] for $3.99
Complete Sherlock Holmes 4 novels & 56 stories  
"The Complete Sherlock Holmes: The Only Complete One-Volume Sherlock Holmes" [1960]
"All four novels, all 56 adventures", with a Preface by Christopher Morley
Bantam Deluxe mass pb [10/86] for $11.12
Doubleday 9½x6¼ hardcover [4/60] for $18.45
New Annotated Sherlock Holmes in 3 volumes  "The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes" Edited by Leslie S. Klinger
"The Complete Short Stories" [2004]
W.W. Norton 10½x9¼ 2-volume slipcover edition [11/2004] for $57.00
"The Novels" [2005]
W.W. Norton 10¾x9 slipcover edition [11/2005] for $34.38
New Annotated Sherlock Holmes in 3 volumes (non-slipcover editions)   "The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes" [2007]
non-slipcover editions

Volume 1: Stories W.W. Norton 10½x9 hardcover [11/2007] for $29.96
Volume 2: Stories W.W. Norton 10½x9 hardcover [11/2007] for $21.87
Volume 3: Novels W.W. Norton 10½x9 hardcover [11/2007] for $26.37

"A Study In Scarlet" [1887 novel]
A tale of murder and revenge that tells of Holmes and Dr. Watson's first meeting.

"The Sign of Four" [1889 novel]
A tale of lost treasure and revenge.

"The Hound of The Baskervilles" [1901 novel]
Often hailed as the greatest mystery novel of all time.

"The Valley of Fear" [1914 novel]


                      

Movies & Television
Arthur Conan Doyle listings at Internet Movie Database
Sherlock Holmes character listings at Internet Movie Database

browse Amazon's Movie & TV / Bestselllers / Sherlock Holmes category

Sherlock Holmes Film Festival Page

"Sherlock Holmes" feature film  
[Warner Bros. December 2009]
Sherlock Holmes 2009 movie poster starring Robert Downey Jr. & Jude Law   Holmes & Watson arrest a Satanist aristocrat who promises from the gallows to return from the dead and destroy Britain. Co-written & directed by Guy Ritchie; cinematography by Philippe Rousselot; original music by Hans Zimmer; starring Robert Downey Jr. {as Holmes}, Jude Law {as Watson}, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong, Kelly Reilly & Eddie Marsan {as Insp. Lestrade}
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available
full credits at IMDbmovie entry at Wikipediaofficial movie site
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Other Media: Radio & Stageplays

listing for Arthur Conan Doyle at the Internet Broadway Database
listing for Doyle's Estate at the Internet Broadway Database

"Sherlock Holmes" radio program [1930-56] 212 episodes on CD

William Gillette’s play "Sherlock Holmes"

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Sherlock Holmes Baker Street Dozen radio shows   "Sherlock Holmes: A Baker Street Dozen" [B.B.C. 1954]
Starring John Gielgud {as Holmes}, Ralph Richardson {as Watson}, & Orson Welles {as Moriarty}

Highbridge audio CD [4/2006] for $17.79
hit musical play "Baker Street" original cast recording   "Baker Street" hit musical play [1965]
Book by Jerome Coopersmith, music & lyrics by Marian Grudeff & Raymond Jessel; starring Fritz Weaver, Inga Swenson & Martin Gabel

Decca Broadway original cast recording audio CD [1/2006] 16 tracks for $14.98
credits at Internet Broadway Database
Complete Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes dramatizations audio CD box set   "The Complete Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes" audio dramatizations [1989]
Read by Clive Merrison {as Holmes}, Michael Williams {as Watson} & others

B.B.C. Audiobooks America audio CD set [6/2007] 64 disks for $175.00
Best of Sherlock Holmes Old Time Radio starring Basil Rathbone & Nigel Bruce   "The Best of Sherlock Holmes: 50 Classic Old Time Radio Episodes" [1997]
Starring Basil Rathbone & Nigel Bruce

Radio Spirits audio CD box set [6/97] 25 disks for $19.99
Radio Spirits Ultimate Sherlock Holmes Collection   "Legends of Radio: The Ultimate Sherlock Holmes Collection" box set [2003]
Radio Spirits audio CD box set [1/2006] 20 disks for $69.98
Radio Spirits audio cassettes [9/2003] 20 tapes for $43.79
Thirty-nine half-hour British & American radio shows, starring actors Tom Conway (14 shows), John Stanley (11 shows), John Gielgud (9 shows) and Carleton Hobbs (3 shows), plus one each of Orson Welles & Basil Rathbone
Holmes & Watson stageplay by Lee Shackleford  
"Holmes & Watson: A Play" [2007]
by Lee Shackleford

BookSurge Publng 7¾x5¼ pb [3/2007] for $14.95
Sherlock Holmes On The Stage book by Amnon Kabatchnik   "Sherlock Holmes On The Stage: A Chronological Encyclopedia of Plays Featuring The Great Detective" [2008]
by Amnon Kabatchnik

Scarecrow Press 9x6¼ hardcover [6/2008] for $44.00
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

"New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"
radio plays & audio tapes written by Anthony Boucher & Denis Green; recorded by actors Basil Rathbone,
Nigel Bruce & others at Paramount Studios in Hollywood before a live audience

The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes audio cassette gift set  
"The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Gift Set" [1939-46]
S&S Audio ABR cassette box set [10/2001] 26 episodes on 13 tapes for $49.95
recordings of these 26 episodes were recently discovered and the audio has been enhanced for the tape & CD editions; each broadcast includes nostalgic war-time announcements & original commercials
Lost Adventures of Sherlock Holmes book by Ken Greenwald   "The Lost Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Based On The Original Radio Plays by Dennis Green & Anthony Boucher" [13 stories 1989]
by Ken Greenwald

Bantam hardcover [5/90] out of print/many used
Barnesw & Noble 9½x6¾ hardcover [1993] out of print/many, many used
Forgotten Adventures of Sherlock Holmes book by H. Paul Jeffers   "The Forgotten Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Based On The Original Radio Plays by Anthony Boucher & Denis Green" [13 stories 2005]
by H. Paul Jeffers

Running Press 8x5½ pb [10/2005] for $14.95
New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes radio series  
New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes radio series  
"The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" radio series [1939-46]
Performed by Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce & others

"The Unfortunate Tobacconist & Other Mysteries" - Volumes 1-6
S&S ABR audio CD [10/2003] 12 episodes on 6 disks for $21.86
"Colonel Warburton's Madness & Other Mysteries" - Volumes 7-12
S&S ABR audio CD [9/2004] 12 episodes on 6 disks for $22.76
"Murder In The Casbah & Other Mysteries" - Volumes 15-18
S&S ABR audio CD [11/2005] 12 episodes on 6 disks for $22.76
"Murder By Moonlight & Other Mysteries" - Volumes 19-24
S&S ABR audio CD [10/2006] 12 episodes on 6 disks for $21.86


                      

Other Sherlock Holmes Books

browse Sherlock Holmes books category

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

G.K. Chesterton's Sherlock Holmes book edited by Steven P. Doyle   "G.K. Chesterton's Sherlock Holmes" [2003]
Edited with Introduction by Steven P. Doyle

19 original illustrations by Chesterton for a never-published edition of the Holmes Canon, essays about Chesterton, and essays about Holmes by Chesterton
Baker Street Irregulars 9x5¾ hardcover [2/2003] out of print/used
Quotable Sherlock Holmes book edited by Gerard Van der Leun   "The Quotable Sherlock Holmes: Including The Original Strand Magazine Illustrations by Sidney Paget" [2000]
Edited by Gerard Van der Leun

Mysterious Press 6x5½ pb [11/2000] out of print/used
The Game Is Afoot / Sherlock Holmes   "The Game Is Afoot: Parodies, Pastiches & Ponderings of Sherlock Holmes" [1994]
Edited by Marvin Kaye

A collection of 53 pieces, including works by James M. Barrie, Dr. Joseph Bell (upon whom Holmes is based), Robert Bloch, Arthur Chapman, Bret Harte, Fritz Leiber, Basil Rathbone, Roberta Rogow, and two rarities by Conan Doyle
St. Martin's Griffin 8½x5½ pb [2/95] for $16.95
St. Martin's Press hardcover [4/94] out of print/used



Sherlock Holmes Fiction By Other Authors

The Children of Sherlock Holmes novel by Ben F. Eller  "The Children of Sherlock Holmes" [2008] by Ben F. Eller
Three boys rise from the squalor of XIXth Century London to becomne the oppressors of other such children; Holmes & Watson appear in Chapter 18 to confront the exploit- ation, enslavement & even murder of children in an underworld of corruption that extends from forced labor in unspeakable conditions to white slavery to the highest levels of English government – and an indifferent society.
Pendium 8¼x5½ pb [5/2008] for $11.66
Sherlock Holmes Montana Chronicles stories by John S. Fitzpatrick   "Sherlock Holmes: The Montana Chronicles" [4 stories; 2008]
by John S. Fitzpatrick

Four cases solved by Holmes during a visit to America, from long-lost records of Dr. Watson, recently discovered in an old safe in Anaconda, Montana: a very public murder at the Opera House, a 'supernatural' theft of gold from a mine, threats to a copper baron's most famous racehorse, and the sudden odd behavior of a miner's wife.
Riverbend Publng8¼x5&fracv12 pb [4/2008] for $10.36
Sherlock Holmes: The Game's Afoot book edited by David Stuart Davies  "Sherlock Holmes: The Game's Afoot (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural)" [20 stories 2008] Edited by David Stuart Davies
20 short stories by David Stuart Davies, Denis O. Smith, Mark Valentine, Matthew Booth, M.J. Elliott & others
Wordsworth Editions, Ltd. 7½x5 pb [2/2008] for $4.86
Sherlock Holmes on the Wild Frontier mystery novel by Magda Jozsa   "Sherlock Holmes On The Wild Frontier" [2005]
by Magda Jozsa

Holmes & Watson travel to far Colorado to track down the missing heir to a fortune.
BookSurge Publng 7¾x5¼ pb [3/2005] for $14.99
The Game's Afoot Again novel by R. Burton  "The Game's Afoot Again" [2004] by R. Burton
Teen prodigy Jeremy Watson (born in 2148) is a direct descendent of Sherlock Holmes's sidekick, Dr. Watson, so he names his new android prototype Holmes. A professor friend downloads all available information on Doyle's famous detective to the android, and soon Holmes and his young Watson are off to solve mysteries that heve been baffling the police.
PublishAmerica 8¼x5½ pb [6/2004] out of print/used
Ten Years Beyond Baker Street novel by Cay Van Ash   "Ten Years Beyond Baker Street: Sherlock Holmes Matches Wits With The Diabolical Dr. Fu Manchu" [1984]
by Cay Van Ash, Illustrated by Peter Elwell

Nayland-Smith has been kidnapped, and Dr. Petrie asks Dr. Watson for help from the very retired Sherlock Holmes; Holmes refuses until his own life is endangered, and then the chase is on, leading to Wales and evil Fu Manchu.
HarperCollins mass pb [6/88] out of print/used
Harper & Row 9¼x5¾ hardcover [2/84] out of print/used
BlackHat Mystery Bookstore's Dr. Fu Manchu Page
Enter The Lion novel by Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright  
"Enter The Lion: A Posthumous Memoir of Mycroft Holmes" [1979]
'Edited' by Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright

Everyman Ltd. mass pb [6/80] out of print/used
Playboy Press mass pb [5/79] out of print/many used
Hawthorn Books 9x6 hardcover [5/79] out of print/many used
Exploits of Sherlock Holmes stories by Adrian Conan Doyle & John Dickson Carr   "The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes: A Collection of Sherlock Holmes Adventures Based On Unsolved Cases From The Original Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Stories" [1976]
by Adrian Conan Doyle & John Dickson Carr

"twelve riveting tales" from American mystery writer Carr and the son of Sir Arthur
Pocket mass pb [6/76] out of print/used
Gramercy hardcover [5/99] for $7.99
Random House hardcover [6/93] out of print/many used

A Study In Terror novelization by Ellery Queen  "A Study In Terror: Ellery Queen vs. Jack the Ripper" [1966]
novelization by Ellery Queen

Amateur detective Ellery Queen receives a handwritten manuscript dated 1888 that purports to be a lost tale by Dr. Watson of Sherlock Holmes's solution to the identity of Jack the Ripper.
Lancer original movie tie-in mass pb [1966] out of print/scarce
"A Study In Terror" feature film [Columbia Oct 1965]
Without the Ellery Queen elements: Sherlock Holmes receives a leather case containing the surgical instruments of a nobleman, absent the large scalpel, recently held in pawn. Directed by James Hill; original script by Derek & Donald Ford; starring John Neville {as Holmes}, Donald Houston {as Watson}, Frank Finlay {as Lestrade}, Robert Morley {as Mycroft}, Barbara Leake {as Mrs. Hudson}, John Fraser, Anthony Quayle, Barbara Windsor, Adrienne Corr, Judi Dench, Barry Jones, Peter Carsten, Christiane Maybach & John Cairney
Region 1 DVD not available; Sony color VHS [1/2000] out of prodn/used
full credits at IMDb

The Confidential Casebook of Sherlock Holmes" [] edited by Marvin Kaye, Carole Bugge
Hardcover 9780312180713 Paperback 9780312206383
"The Resurrected Holmes: New Cases From The Notes of John H. Watson, M.D." []
edited by Marvin Kaye, J. Adrian Fillmore
Hardcover 9780312140373 Paperback 9780312156398

http://www.amazon.com/Murder-My-Dear-Watson-Sherlock/dp/0786712449/
http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-America-Martin-Greenberg/dp/1602393524/
http://www.amazon.com/Singular-Adventures-Mr-Sherlock-Holmes/dp/1846855047/
http://www.amazon.com/Murder-Baker-Street-Sherlock-Holmes/dp/B0009SO8EM/
http://www.amazon.com/My-Sherlock-Holmes-Stories-Detective/dp/0312325959/
http://www.amazon.com/Mysterious-World-Sherlock-Holmes-Illustrated/dp/0762432527/
http://www.amazon.com/Further-Adventures-Sherlock-Holmes-Classic/dp/0140079076/
http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Chronicles-John-Watson/dp/193183296X/
http://www.amazon.com/New-Adventures-Sherlock-Holmes/dp/0786706988/
http://www.amazon.com/Holmes-Holidays-Martin-Harry-Greenberg/dp/0425167542/
http://www.amazon.com/Holmes-Holidays-Martin-Harry-Greenberg/dp/0425170330/
http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Cases-Alvin-Rymsha/dp/1419647148/
http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Cases-Sherlock-Holmes/dp/0786706368/
http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Adventure-Frankenstein-Monster/dp/0741436981/
http://www.amazon.com/Eye-Crow-Sherlock-Holmes-First/dp/0887768504/
http://www.amazon.com/Death-Air-Sherlock-Holmes-Second/dp/0887768512/
http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-New-York-Adventure/dp/0741427427/
http://www.amazon.com/Science-Sherlock-Holmes-Baskerville-Detectives/dp/0470128232/
http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Unauthorized-Nicholas-Rennison/dp/0871139472/
http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Great-Detective-World/dp/1434401871/
http://www.amazon.com/Moriarty-Otto-Penzler-Book-Gardner/dp/0151012520/
http://www.amazon.com/Curse-Nibelung-Sherlock-Holmes-Mystery/dp/1411637488/
http://www.amazon.com/Alias-Simon-Hawkes-Adventures-Sherlock/dp/1403369925/
http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Was-Wrong-Baskervilles/dp/1596916052/
http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Hidden-Michael-Kurland/dp/0312351569/
http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Return-Musgrave-Ritual/dp/0741451468/
http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-John-Trevor-Sherlockian-Adventures/dp/1434336581/
http://www.amazon.com/Mr-Holmes-Dr-Watson-Strangest/dp/0941613534/
http://www.amazon.com/NEW-FINDING-SHERLOCKS-LONDON-Sherlock/dp/1440116024/
http://www.amazon.com/Baker-Street-Irregular-Unauthorized-Biography/dp/0887349056/
The Case of The Baker Street Irregulars by Anthony Boucher
http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Selected-Stories-Classics/dp/019953697X/
http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Complete-Unabridged-Novels/dp/1853756822/
http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-America-Martin-Greenberg/dp/1602393524/
http://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Reichenbach-Falls-John-King/dp/0765318016/
http://www.amazon.com/100-Year-Old-Secret-Sherlock-Files/dp/0805083405/
http://www.amazon.com/Against-Brotherhood-Mycroft-Holmes-Novel/dp/0812545230/

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Caleb Carr books
"New Authorized Tales of Sherlock Holmes"
browse all booksIMDb listingWikipedia

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

David Stuart Davies books
"The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" including "The Darlington Substitution Scandal",
"Gaslight Grimoire", "The Hentzau Affair", "The Reichenbach Secret", "Scroll of The Dead",
"Tangled Skein", and "The Veiled Detective"

author's official website {requires Flash}

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Nicholas Meyer books & films
http://www.amazon.com/West-End-Horror-Posthumous-Memoir/dp/0393311538/
http://www.amazon.com/Canary-Trainer-Memoirs-John-Watson/dp/0393312410/
http://www.amazon.com/Seven-Per-Cent-Solution-Reprint-Reminiscences-Paperback/dp/0393311198/

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Barrie Roberts books


                      


Works About Sherlock Holmes

Women in the Life of Sherlock Holmes book edited by Patricia Guy & Katherine Karlson   "Ladies, Ladies: The Women In The Life of Sherlock Holmes" [2007]
Edited by Patricia Guy & Katherine Karlson

Aventine Press 8¾x6 pb [7/2007] for $10.16
Sherlock Holmes Unauthorized Biography book by Nicholas Rennison   "Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography" [2006]
by Nicholas Rennison

Grove Press 8¼x5½ pb [10/2007] for $11.90
Atlantic Monthly Press 8½x5½ hardcover [10/2006] for $15.36
Sherlock Holmes Master Detective on Screen book by David Stuart Davies   "Starring Sherlock Holmes: A Century of The Master Detective On Screen" [2003]
by David Stuart Davies, Foreword by Ian Richardson

Titan Books 11½x9¾ hardcover [10/2007] for $26.60
Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion To Sherlock Holmes book by Dick Riley & Pam McAllister   "Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion To Sherlock Holmes: A Unique Guide To The World's Most Famous Detective" [1998]
by Dick Riley & Pam McAllister

Continuum Intl. Publng 9x6 pb [11/98] for $26.95
Continuum Intl. Publng 9¾x6½ hardcover [11.98] out of print/used
Ultimate Sherlock Holmes Encyclopedia book by Jack Tracy   "The Ultimate Sherlock Holmes Encyclopedia" [1987]
by Jack Tracy

First published as "The Encyclopedia Sherlockiana" [1977]
Gramercy 9x6½ hardcover [12/87] out of print/used
Sherlock Holmes File book by Michael Pointer  "The Sherlock Holmes File: The Many Personae of Sherlock Holmes On Stage, In Film and In Advertising" [1976]
by Michael Pointer

Random House / Clarkson N. Potter hardcover [1/99] out of print/used
David & Charles, PLC hardcover [9/76] out of print/used
Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street book by William S. Baring-Gould  "Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street: A Life of The World's First Consulting Detective" [1962]
by William S. Baring-Gould

Random House 8¼x5¾ hardcover [8/95] out of print/used
Clarkson N. Potter hardcover [1962] out of print/used


Sherlock Holmes Film Festival Page


                      

Kindle  Editions
Amazon's Kindle Store
Kindle ebook reader entry at Wikipedia

Nordell Bookstores Group Kindle Hardware & Content Page

Complete Works of Arthur Conan Doyle in Kindle format  
"Complete Works of Arthur Conan Doyle" for Kindle [2007]
Kindle Edition from MobileReference [10/2007] for $4.79
by far the better bargain: 200+ works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, including The Complete Collection of Sherlock Holmes (9 books), six Napoleonic Tales, five Professor Challenger books, and 13 other novels, plus short stories, poetry & non-fiction works
Sherlock Holmes Complete Collection in Kindle format   "The Complete Sherlock Holmes Stories" for Kindle [2008]
Kindle Edition from ignacio hills press [8/2008] for $0.80
contains the four Sherlock Holmes novels [1887-1914] and all 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle



portrait of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle [1859-1930]

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  [1859-1930]
Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on 22 May 1859. He received a degree in medicine in 1881 at Edinburgh University, and became an eye specialist in Southsea. The practice was not very successful, so he began writing in hope of augmenting his income. His first story, "A Study In Scarlet", starred detective Sherlock Holmes, who was modeled in part after Dr. Joseph Bell of the Edinburgh Infirmary, Doyle's mentor. After several rejections, the story was sold to a British publisher for £25, and 59 more Sherlock Holmes adventures followed.
He was knighted in 1902 for his defense of the British cause in the Boer War. After the deaths of a series of family members
around the end of World War I, Doyle became an ardent Spiritualist and wrote several books on the subject.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle died of a heart attack at home in Sussex on 7 July 1930, at age 71.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle entry at Wikipedia
Arthur Conan Doyle Society of Canada
Arthur Conan Doyle Online Exhibit
Ajay & Melody's Sir Arthur Conan Doyle fansite
Chronicles of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle fansite

Chronology of The Life Of Arthur Conan Doyle book by Brian W. Pugh  "A Chronology of The Life Of Arthur Conan Doyle" [2009]  
by Brian W. Pugh

M.X. Publng pb [5/2009] for $22.95
Life & Times of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle biography by Andrew Lycett   "The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes: The Life and Times of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle" [2007]
by Andrew Lycett

Free Press 8½x5½ pb [11/2008] for $13.22
Free Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [12/2007] for $19.80
Arthur Conan Doyle / Life in Letters biography by Lellenberg, Stashower & Foley   "Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life In Letters" [2007]
by Jon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower & Chris Foley

Penguin 8½x5½ pb [9/2008] for $14.04
Penguin Press 9½x6¼ bargain hardcover [11/2007] for $8.99
Penguin Press 9½x6½ hardcover [11/2007] for $15.18
Voices of History from the British Library  "Voices of History, Volume 2: Arts, Science & Exploration" [2006]
British Library Sound Archive audio CD [1/2006] 2 disks for $41.49
38 tracks on 2 disks, mostly from very early in the XXth Century, including the voices of P.T. Barnum, Sarah Bernhardt, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Thomas Alva Edison, Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Charles Lindbergh, Guglielmo Marconi, Robert Edwin Peary, Alice Ellen Terry & Leo Tolstoy
Arthur & George book by Julian Barnes  "Arthur and George: A Novel" [2005] by Julian Barnes
Short-listed for the 2005 Man Booker Prize. A combination psychological novel, detective story & literary thriller that relates the true story of the intersection of the lives of author Arthur Conan Doyle and George Edalji, an obscure country lawyer.
Vintage 8x5 pb [1/2007] for $10.17
Knopf 9¼x6¼ hardcover [12/2005] out of print/many, many used
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes tv miniseries   "Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes"
6-hour tv miniseries [B.B.C.2/P.B.S. 2000]

Arthur Conan Doyle was a medical student at the University of Edinburgh in 1876, and very lucky to be mentored by forensic surgeon Dr. Joseph Bell. {This is sort of a "C.S.I.: Victorian England", which is not a put-down.) Episode titles include "Dr. Bell & Mr. Doyle", "The Patient's Eyes", "Postponed ", "The Photographer's Chair", "The Kingdom of Bones" & "The White Knight Stratagem"
Directed by Paul Seed; written by David Pirie; starring Robin Laing {as Doyle}, Ian Richardson {as Bell}, Dolly Wells & Charles Dance
M.P.I. Home Video color DVD [6/2006] 2 disks for $34.99
full credits at IMDbofficial book & movie site
"Dr. Bell and Mr. Doyle" episode of above [2000]
B.F.S. Ent. color DVD [10/2003] for $17.99
Murder Rooms books by David Pirie   "The Patient's Eyes" [2002] by David Pirie
Pegasus Books 8x5½ pb [6/2007] for $11.96
St. Martin's Minotaur mass pb [8/2003] out of print/used
St. Martin's Minotaur 9¼x5¼ hardcover [5/2002] out of print/used
"The Night Calls" [2002] by David Pirie
Pegasus Books 8¼x5½ pb [7/2008] for $10.17
St. Martin's Minotaur 8½x5¾ hardcover [8/2003] out of print/used
"The Dark Water" [2006] by David Pirie
Pegasus Books 8½x5½ pb [10/2007] for $10.17
Pegasus Books 9x6½ hardcover [9/2006] for $25.00




Sherlock Holmes Film Festival Page


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