His father, Charles Altamont Doyle, a talented illustrator, was born in England of Irish descent, and his mother, born Mary Foley, was Irish. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was born the third of ten siblings on in Edinburgh, Scotland. This book contains the following stories of Sherlock: Watson, Doyle defined the mystery genre as a mix of wit, intelligence, and action. Through creating the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Arthur Conan Doyle is one of the most revered writers of detective fiction. The book's cover is by Michael Kirkham, whose clients have included Dazed & Confused, the Financial Times, the Independent, the New York Times, and Readers' Digest. Conan Doyle’s original list, arranged in order merit, is included, as is the abridged text of "Sherlock Holmes to His Readers," an article by Conan Doyle for the Strand Magazine, later published as the preface to The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes. Uniquely combining Holmes' most famous novel, The Hound of the Baskervilles, with Arthur Conan Doyle's own 12 favorite Sherlock Holmes stories arranged in order of publication, this edition features an afterword by Conan Doyle's acclaimed biographer Andrew Lycett.
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