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Conan Doyle

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Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur. 1859--1930, British author of detective stories and historical romances and the creator of Sherlock Holmes


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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle * The Sherlock Holmes author spent some years in Aston in the late 1800s, during which time he published his first works of fiction.
Hotel and tourism officials in the Bernese Oberland's Oberhaslital valley will be ecstatic this month-and especially on May 22--as Sherlock Holmes societies worldwide pay homage to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle on what would be his 150th birthday.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Crime writers may be better at conveying a sense of place than writers of other types of fiction, if for no other reason than solving a mystery usually depends on the detective (closely followed by the reader) knowing exactly where everyone and everything were when the crime happened.
 
 
 
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