San Antonio College Library

An illustrated dictionary that explains references in the Sherlock Holmes detective stories necessary to an understanding of their setting in Victorian England.

A fictional biography of Sherlock Holmes describes his influence on the political events of late-nineteenth-century England, his connections to the British criminal underworld, and his investigations into some of his era's most infamous crimes.

Young medical student Arthur Conan Doyle teams up with his mentor, Dr. Joseph Bell, to investigate a Victorian murder mystery involving a phantom cyclist and a rich Spanish businessman.

Do you know Conan Doyle's original name for Sherlock Holmes? The real-life inspiration for Holmes? Who created the visual image most of us have of the great detective? Whom Jeremy Brett first played? (Clue: it wasn't Sherlock Holmes.) Sherlock Holmes is everywhere, like the air we breathe. His deerstalkered image peers from ads in the Yellow Pages, from the signs for neighborhood crime watch patrols, from billboards. He long ago transcended the boundaries...

A comprehensive biography of Scottish author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle that explores his childhood, family life, medical practice, authorship of nonfiction works, inspiration for Sherlock Holmes, social acquaintances, marriages, interest in spiritualism, and much more.