Sherlock Holmes may be a fictional character, but Sir Arthur Conan Doyle admitted that the detective was closely based on a ...

He was the mysterious and ruthless ‘Napoleon of crime’ in the Sherlock Holmes novels by Scots author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. But now a leading Scottish scholar has claimed the true identity of ...

The main character in the novel is the private detective, Sherlock Holmes. He is presented through the viewpoint of his friend, Dr John Watson, the narrator of the story. Watson describes him as a ...

Arthur Conan Doyle’s first Sherlock Holmes mystery “A Study in Scarlet” debuted in the 1887 edition of Beeton’s Christmas Annual. Though a twisted tale of murder and intrigue may not sound ...