When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle became a real-life Sherlock Holmes: Trove of evidence author used to exonerate wrongly jailed man goes on sale for £40,000 A never-seen-before archive of evidence compiled by Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle when he turned sleuth to solve a real-life mystery has emerged for sale for £40,000.
Conan Doyle followed in the footsteps of his most famous creation Dr Holmes when in 1906 he began investigating the peculiar case of George Edalji.
The fascinating story, portrayed in the 2005 Julian Barnes novel Arthur and George, is set to hit television screens on Monday night, with Martin Clunes starring as Conan Doyle in the ITV drama.
The tale starts as George Edalji, a solicitor from Birmingham, is handed seven years' hard labour in 1903 after being found guilty of a series of mutilation attacks horses around the rural village of Great Wyrley, Staffs, where his father was the vicar.........Read More
Conan Doyle followed in the footsteps of his most famous creation Dr Holmes when in 1906 he began investigating the peculiar case of George Edalji.
The fascinating story, portrayed in the 2005 Julian Barnes novel Arthur and George, is set to hit television screens on Monday night, with Martin Clunes starring as Conan Doyle in the ITV drama.
The tale starts as George Edalji, a solicitor from Birmingham, is handed seven years' hard labour in 1903 after being found guilty of a series of mutilation attacks horses around the rural village of Great Wyrley, Staffs, where his father was the vicar.........Read More
