![]() ![]() It also names Michael Conan as his godfather.Īt the age of nine Conan Doyle was sent to the Roman Catholic Jesuit preparatory school, Hodder Place, Stonyhurst. His baptism record in the registry of St Mary's Cathedral in Edinburgh gives 'Arthur Ignatius Conan' as his Christian name, and simply 'Doyle' as his surname. They were married in 1855.Īlthough he is now referred to as "Conan Doyle", the origin of this compound surname (if that is how he meant it to be understood) is uncertain. His father, Charles Altamont Doyle, a talented illustrator, was born in England of Irish descent, and his mother, born Mary Foley, was Irish. Although he is now referred to as "Conan Doyle", the origin of this compound surname (if that is how he meant it to be understood) is u Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born the third of ten siblings on in Edinburgh, Scotland. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born the third of ten siblings on in Edinburgh, Scotland. 'The Adventure of the Copper Beeches': A seemingly good-humoured employer offers Violet Hunter a well-paid governess position but she soon finds the house contains frightening secrets that only Holmes can uncover.more ![]() 'The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet': 'Holmes, here is a madman coming along.' But the terrified banker Watson sees isn't mad, but the victim in a tortuous affair involving a costly coronet, a lover and a wronged son. Holmes knows the apparent murder is nothing more than a cover for the truth. Simon's wedding day ends in disaster when his American bride disappears and her clothes are found in a lake. 'The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor': Lord St. Watson's patient is involved in a bizarre incident that leaves even Holmes baffled. 'The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb': No murder, but blood - dripping from an engineer's thumb. 'The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor': Lord S Clive Merrison and Michael Williams star as Holmes and Watson in the first collection of stories from the unique fully dramatised BBC Radio 4 canon. You won't believe where the jewel was hidden.Clive Merrison and Michael Williams star as Holmes and Watson in the first collection of stories from the unique fully dramatised BBC Radio 4 canon. What to do with this fool, let's just say that Christmas enters his thinking. The thing to remember is that it is Christmas time when this case occurs and that fact enters into Holmes's thinking when he finds the perpetrator. But as I said the perpetrator was not very bright. And how it got there is a testimony to the quick, but faulty thinking of the real perpetrator. When Holmes and Watson are called in the trail of the missing gem leads to some very interesting places and where the jewel wound up is pretty funny. The only part of the crime that went well was that the blame got placed on some guy who had a criminal record, but was innocent of this caper. The Blue Carbuncle is not some ugly growth on someone, but a rare and priceless blue diamond which some opportunistic thieves stole from the Duchess of Moncor. Arthur Conan Doyle might very well have been influenced by that other immortal English writer Charles Dickens when he wrote the Blue Carbuncle. ![]() ![]() If The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes were broadcast in America first, this would have debuted at Christmas time rather than in June of 1984 when it did. ![]()
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